Today’s planned wiring has been canceled, due to me having a pain flare and curiousmay9 being indisposed, as well. I’m hoping I’ll get enough better to go to the PSE meet-n-greet tonight, though. We have to drive shadowkatt across town…
Freecycle
Did I mention this before? I find the notion absolutely wonderful. There are local lists for most areas. Freecycle One rule: everything posted must be free. Whether it’s a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door to be…
Busy Day
Very, very busy! I retrieved shadowkatt from her brief stay with mayremi‘s family. They attended a homeschooling “park day” yesterday and a “gym day” today, so she’s had lots of social time. Then the girl and I went down to…
Name Thing Addendum, Neat Science Headline
NASA-supported scientists are developing a space-based early warning system for disease outbreaks. I thought of two others: If you call me Cynthia Lynn, you’re one of my parents and you’re mad at me/trying to make me feel shame. If you…
Headline Guaranteed to Send This OCD Chick Into a Sanitizing Frenzy
Toilet seats are cleaner than keyboards or telephone dials: study
Okay, Okay – The Name Thing
If you call me Cindy, you’d better be someone from my family of origin—and it’s really only safe if you’re old enough to have changed my diapers. If neither of those applies, you’re in trouble. If you call me Cyn,…
Men & Feminism
Then we get the question—what does feminism do for men? The answer: a whole hell of a lot. –From Goddess Musings *throwing some water on the men who just fainted* By the mere (mere? ha!) questioning of gender roles in…
Disability & Queerness
Gender reaches into disability; disability wraps around class; class strains against abuse; abuse snarls into sexuality; sexuality folds on top of race… everything finally piling into a single human body. To write about any aspect of identity, any aspect of…
Something That Isn’t Political
Well, I suppose you could MAKE it political, but it isn’t overtly political. HOW COUPLES MANAGE PARENTING FORECASTS LATER MARITAL QUALITY, STUDY FINDS The results suggest that programs for parents-to-be should devote attention to how they will coparent together, Schoppe-Sullivan…
Revisiting the Employment/Economy Issue
Bush Allies, Falling Down on Jobs It’s also true that the jobless rate “is understating the labor market distress,” says Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. If you lose your job, it’s tougher to find…