So I’ve narrowed the offender down to caffeine itself, which makes my coffee and chai habit that much more unbearable. It’s not the red meat, it’s not the spicy food, it’s not anything the doctor suggested, it’s the goddamned caffeine. Which I suppose means I’m still down with curry and steak (sweet!) but [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Preparation is key:
Fort Necessity and Family Reunions, Oh My!
Published June 23rd, 2008 in Back In the Day, Books, Class, Education, Family, Racism and Travel. 3 CommentsWe got home from our trip to Pennsylvania yesterday, and thanks to some of your suggestions we did manage to visit Fallingwater as well as Fort Necessity and a couple of other places. I thought we were closer to Pittsburgh than we actually were, so once we realized that Pittsburgh meant another couple of [...]
Take it from this documentary junkie, “Resolved” is one of the better documentaries I’ve seen in a couple of years, and lucky for you it’s playing on demand on HBO and is available via Netflix.
“Resolved” trains an eye on high school debate competitions and the peculiar traditions that make them so competitive, also basing a [...]
Accidental vacation.
Visual pun only funny to yours truly:
Because she’s wearing a Bulls jacket, and — if I explain it it will ruin the joke.
What You Should Read Since I’m Not Writing
Published June 8th, 2008 in Feminism, Obligation, Poverty and Racism. 1 CommentLesson 2 (remembering previous thoughts on Linda Hirshman):
So what keeps the movement [Feminism --ed.] from realizing its demographic potential? First, it’s divided along lines so old that they feel like geological faults. Long before this campaign highlighted the divides of race, class and age, feminism was divided by race, class and age. As early as [...]
What You Should Read Since I’m Not Writing
Published June 7th, 2008 in George W. Bush, Good Reads, Karl Rove and Katrina. 0 CommentsLesson 1:
Of all of the stories and subplots, there would be one that, in many ways, symbolized the whole of Katrina, what it revealed about the Bush administration, and how it would affect the lives of so many people. On Friday, Mary Landrieu had been with Bush and Blanco as they toured the 17th Street [...]
Over the weekend an odd, pink, phallic mushroom covered in a green, smelly poo-slime started sprouting in my lavender bed. After a bit of research, Chef uncovered its name:
Dog stinkhorn Mutinus caninus
Nature produces an infinite variety of wondrous forms, elegant and grotesque. Some are even difficult to describe with polite language. The dog stinkhorn [...]
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