Why Heather Can Write Not everything kids learn from popular culture is bad for them: Some of the best writing instruction takes place outside the classroom in online communities. Review of a book I might read: Shattering ‘The Mommy Myth’…
Poor Kid
Another addition to the “thank Goddess we’re homeschooling” file: Bullied boy brain-damaged after suicide attempt
“Whorable Death”
Someone on a mailing list this morning said, “It wasn’t a whorable death.” Now I can’t help but wonder—does that mean people wouldn’t pay to see it?
Toxic Masculinity
When shadowkatt and GothC went out for a walk last night, the brats practicing skateboard tricks were annoyed at being ignored. When the girls were coming back in, the boys called out various epithets—bitch, whore, and something about fuzzy lesbians.…
Sundayness
I’ve just finished reading Seduced by Moonlight, the new Merry Gentry novel from Laurell Hamilton.
Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet
I’ve really been enjoying Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet, lately. I put the sequence on the family website: http://www.technozoo.org/graphics/helen.html
Saturday Stuff
And again for my dear ones doing the Atkins thing locally: New Store Stocks Low-Carb Items This guy looks awfully familiar to me for some reason: Man Arrested for Impersonating Cop Dammit, with all the laws these idiots can agree…
Political Solution
Low-Carb Blog/Weather & Health
Note for my Atkinsing friends: Low-Carb Blog has been syndicated on LJ as lowcarbfeed. Cold, wet weather seems to affect me far more than it used to. Or maybe it’s just that I really notice it more now? I’ve been…
Snarky Quote
While he’s not the author of her problems, he’s at least been brought in a script consultant. —Michael Croft (That would be immlass‘s husband)