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I failed to record the sources where I found these, but many are from
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I often feel like I don't do enough. Yesterday I was beating myself up for it pretty badly, and then my brain kicked in and I said to myself, "Self, you have a bad cold and you did an hour of paying work, three hours of volunteer work, a couple hours of socializing, and an hour of knitting today. IT'S OK THAT YOU ALSO PLAYED A BUNCH OF TRAINYARDSo ( Read more... )

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/06/21/the-new-elite-attributing-privilege-to-class-vs-merit/ (emphasis in the original)sociologist Shamus Khan...argues that new social mandates to diversify elite education ( Read more... )

"Popularity of woollen coffins soars" in the UK.

Which made me wonder whether if I were dying I would like watching friends knit me a woollen coffin. Or what it would be like to knit my own.

(Although actually I want to be cremated, and it would be a shame to burn up good knitting with my body.)

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Qualifications: A nearly sociopathic desire for creating an audience
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This entry was originally posted at http://firecat.dreamwidth.org/777843.html, where there are
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From Sherlock to Sheldon: Asexuality and Asexual Characters in SF/F ( Read more... )

Thanks to sparkymonster and altfriday5 for providing me with fodder for Blog Against Racism week.

1. List 5 things which are basic common knowledge in your culture, which people outside are unfamiliar with. This is not about obscurity, but something everyday to you, that others go "bzuh?" at.Hm. First I would have to know what my culture is. I was raised in Michigan as ( Read more... )