I ask because there seem to be an awful lot of people out there who think it is. I have been set off by an op-ed in today's Sun (I'll spare you the details; it was written by Christianist far right whacko) who claimed that liberty has been restricted by 'don't ask don't tell', same sex marriage, contraception, et al. Meanwhile the Republicans are ( Read more... )

...and Disqus appears to have eaten it. Nine times out of ten, I write a long post anywhere, I copy it before I post it. This time, I didn't. And my nice long ranty post disappeared into 'moderation'. (I was posting to 'The Lost Battalion', the open thread on Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog over at the Atlantic. Hence the 'Horde' from the other day, ( Read more... )

After picking up a badge for the internship, I headed out for the final day of New Year's gaming. Getting into and out of games didn't work very well, and I wound up in a cooperative game (I don't like them) that took forever just for me and it kept going for another hour after my character was killed. I tried another game and managed to lose the ( Read more... )

So, this class is part of the Continuing Adult Education program at the local Community College. My emphasis. So they offered extra credit to my Monday night class - if we attend a lecture at 10am on a Wednesday morning. Most of us are in the Monday night class because we work during the day. Duh. The upshot, it seems to me, is that those who are ( Read more... )

For this afternoon's entertainment, I get to babysit my printer. As it has to print a 2100 page document. That is not a misprint. And the attorney who told me to do it didn't bother to see if we have the paper or the toner for it before ordering me to do it. Emergency Staples run. Still on the first third and already the printer is struggling, it's ( Read more... )

You may recollect that I was polled by a Democratic candidate for County executive back in April. It was officially a 'general' poll but the questions made it clear who paid for it, the pollster was incompetent, the questions were leading and several of the questions made it clear that 1) being Jewish is a bad thing; and 2) not being Protestant or ( Read more... )

Yep. I put in 11 straight hours in the art show yesterday. There were precious few volunteers available, so I stayed all day, except for when I was off on emergency supply runs. Never even went upstairs.

BTW - artists are morons. Not speaking of myself, as I can read basic instructions, use common sense and ask questions if I don't understand. But ( Read more... )

Just got off a ten minutes cringe-fest with Maryland Relay (that's when a deaf person calls; the operator is not allowed to end the call and if the deaf person won't end the call, the recipient has no option but to hang up. Which is, of course, rude.) In this case, 'Mark' wanted a caterer for a 150 person party. So why he was calling an attorney, I ( Read more... )

( Daughter claims father is a hero )

Took me an hour & 35 minutes to get from home to work today. That is a new record by over 20 minutes. The worst part is, I have no idea where or what the problem was. Just that no one in Baltimore City could go west or south, apparently.

Gack.

ETA: A utility problem on a main north/south route near the route I was taking. They rerouted everyone west ( Read more... )