Elizabeth F. Emens, Monogamy’s Law: Compulsory Monogamy and Polyamorous Existence in the current issue of New York University Review of Law and Social Change Stanley Kurtz at the National Review is foaming at the mouth about it. It sounds very…
Jewish Kids at Easter
I don’t remember if I posted this before or not, but I left it in a comment in ginamariewade‘s journal and remembered that y’all might enjoy the story. A former Girl Scout co-leader and her very Jewish family happened to…
Poetry: Landscape
Landscape –Mary Oliver From Dream Work Isn’t it plain the sheets of moss, except that they have no tongues, could lecture all day if they wanted about spiritual patience? Isn’t it clear the black oaks along the path are standing…
QOTD: Charles Caleb Colton
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease. –Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832)
Ack! The Pain!
From vilious in qow by way of metaquotes: On the Web we are made out of sentences, and some people insist on showing up hideously deformed.
Happy Anniversary!
To starrchilde and rasilio. I hope you celebrate many more together.
Ha! I Am Vindicated!
I took this test a few weeks ago, and was certain that it was not being scored correctly. And I was right!
Put a Fork in Me
I’m done. BUT—so is the Home Depot that curiousmay9 and I visited. Just ask sambear—he’ll tell you we brought home large portions of the store. Or, at least, it feels like it. We got Asian lilies Lots of potting soil…
Distracto Girl
I have no excuse for not mentioning this before, except that I Am A Bad Person. hopeevey sent me this toy thingie she made. I have no other name for it. It’s cute, and it’s fascinating, and I keep playing…
Pest, Oh, Control
Dear Termite Inspection Dweeb, A noon appointment does not mean that somewhere after noon you might start looking for the client’s phone number and considering maybe calling her. No, it means that at noon you should be in said client’s…