How it works

I’d hate to have my gender judged on my calculus skills. For every one of me, there are 2 women like Meredith and Burrow out there setting the curve.

Imagine a place this safe ….

When Meredith first started talking about going to Denmark for a semester, her primary goal was to convince me of how safe it is there. I didn’t believe her, knowing the crime statistics of any US city of comparable size. But from the archives of her memory she pulled out the story of a Danish [...]

My son is a vandal

A University of Idaho Vandal, that is. His acceptance letter came today. He’ll be studying Computer Engineering there in the fall.

See no evil

For a lot of us it’s a major ego hit when a man we’re with frequently and obviously checks out other women, watering that little seed of insecurity lurking in the back of our minds that whispers, “If he really loved me, he wouldn’t look.” Advice columnists have been telling us for years that window [...]

“The fire down below”*

In the US we’re shamefully uncomfortable discussing the sexual needs of the physically and mentally handicapped, as well as the elderly. Because we’d rather not think about it, their needs are often left unfulfilled. That doesn’t appear to be the case in Europe. From the Copenhagen Post: Carers help nursing home residents buy sex For [...]

Random Bullets ala Parts-n-Pieces

Happy thing: Meredith’s been gone 3 weeks and I haven’t had a single panic attack Happy thing: Diet Week 1: -4 lbs Happy thing: talking to Julie twice in one week Happy thing: my Skype phone Not-so-happy thing: I melted the cord of my waffle iron when I left it sitting on the stove Happy [...]

Poem of the Day

An excerpt: She Considers the Dimensions of Her Soul (Mrs. Morninghouse, after a Sermon Entitled, “What the Spirit Teaches Us through Grief”) The shape of her soul is a square. She knows this to be the case because she sometimes feels its corners pressing sharp against the bone just under her shoulder blades and across [...]

Some “Straight Talk”

For all of those who say “McCain’s not so bad.” From The Caucus, a New York Times Blog: Reporter: “Should U.S. taxpayer money go to places like Africa to fund contraception to prevent AIDS?” Mr. McCain: “Well I think it’s a combination. The guy I really respect on this is Dr. Coburn. He believes – [...]

Report from Precinct #4434

At 1:00 this afternoon, Tony and I did our civic duty and attended the Democratic Caucus. Originally 3 precincts were assigned to our room at North Pines Middle School, but turnout was so high that not only were there not enough chairs, there wasn’t even room to stand. Many people were left standing in the [...]

The cat put a hex on me

Actually, it’s #lastCat {background-image: url (tabby.jpg);} but I won’t quibble.

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