Happy Birthday, je_reviens! I hope your day is filled with joy 🙂
Arguing With Your Pets
reginod, this made me think of you. How to Win an Argument With a Cat Begin with a standard ontological argument, such as Gödel’s Theorum. Open with Definition 1: x is God-like if x has as essential properties those and…
We’re NOT Safer Than We Were Three Years Ago
Blix says Iraq war stimulated terrorism STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix says the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had failed tragically in its aim of making the world a safer place and succeeded only in stimulating…
I Like This Man
Religion Colors Goals for Schools Biology teacher John Krehbiel wrote in an e-mail that he has seen vast improvement in student performance during his eight years at Westlake High School. “It would be a shame to see our credibility sullied…
Happy Birthday!
And many more, rasilio!
Tales from the Bushiverse
What the debates tell us about the president’s psyche
Oh, I Don’t Know ANYONE Like This!
The Energy Envelope Many people with CFIDS and fibromyalgia feel caught in a vicious cycle of push and crash, swinging between overactivity and rest. Their symptoms and their reactions to them interact to keep them caught in a frustrating loop.…
My Sexual Identity Is “Sovereign”
Learning to Love the Rain: The Queer Vitality of Sexuality Beyond Identity By Hanne Blank (misia) In a culture where sex, gender, and sexuality are presumed to be binary in nature, an identity based on insisting that you be permitted…
Good Advice
One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly in his White House bed. He awakens to see George Washington standing by him. Bush asks him, “George, what’s the best thing I can do to help the country?” “Set an honest…
Icons
I need a gardening icon. I made a school-stuff icon, but I’m not thrilled about it. And I want a “Bitch, Please!” icon of my very own. (Note: This is NOT a passive-aggressive way to ask that anybody make such…