I had to have a come-to-Jesus talk with the manager of our cleaning service today because I haven’t been happy with their last few visits. If we’re paying somebody to clean the house, I shouldn’t walk into the pantry and…
WWBD?
What Would Buffy Do? The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide by Jana Riess “At last, a Buffy book as smart as Buffy, the show. Riess has given us the key to understanding the subtle theology of slayage, but her book…
Awe-inspiring
The Darkest Days “In the spring of 1944, a group of 38 Ukrainian Jews emerged weak and jaundiced from a cave they’d used for nearly a year to escape the horrors of the Holocaust. Nearly fifty years later, one caver…
Still to Be Done
I’m finding a few things overwhelming, so I need to break them down into smaller pieces. Maybe I should set myself a certain number of boxes to empty each day? Going through the rest of the boxes that are still…
Routines
shadowkatt and mayremi: Considering your recent reading matter, I thought you’d want to know about Towel Day. I’m more awake today. I think I probably should have gotten up the second time I woke, though, around 5:30 (the first time…
Miscellany
As a reminder that Americans certainly aren’t the only ones being cruel in the Middle East: Activists Say Israel Held Boy, 13, as Human Shield On a far happier note, janni posted some quotes from an interview with Madeleine L’Engle.…
Teen Sex
And no, it isn’t about porn spam! I’m trying to talk about this without embarrassing shadowkatt. I had something of a meltdown recently upon realizing that: 1) shadowkatt‘s beau is local now 2) He has a driver’s license. I had,…
Visual Difficulties & Fibromyalgia
I just came across this bit in Laugh at Your Muscles by Mark J. Pellegrino, MD. Now I don’t feel quite as alone with regards to my visual confusion issues this week (they haven’t just been while driving.) My fibromyalgia…
Miscellany
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…
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…