All in the Family? Against the Debate of Family Values in the American Political MediaIt has been popular in the last decade to talk about “family values” in the American political and social arena. Politicians, social commentators and religious representatives alike praise the elemental unit of the family, and heatedly debate all the ills of ( Read more... )

Me: "You're scratching your balls in front of me, ew!"
Brother: "No, I'm scratching the upper side of my pubes, big difference"

This is what I live with.

My grandpa died about 3 hours ago.

I don't really know what else to say.

I feel quiet and sad and lonely and heavy.

At least, there is no more suffering.

This post was going to exist to show off my new icon (which I wish was in color, but whatevs) BUT ( Read more... )

You know how sometimes you have revelations that seem to come to you like lightning out of nowhere? But really, those epiphanies are the slow accumulation of information over time that builds in your subconscious until in one stroke of mental clarity you wake up to some inspired insight. I have awoken ( Read more... )