Yes, I know.  It's been a while, yes?  We'll see how on top of this series I manage to be this time.

Chapter 2 - Bad Faith

Back when I worked at the bookstore, one of my tasks - one of the tasks of every employee - was to greet every patron.  Since, depending on how busy we are, this could meant that an individual customer might be greeted several ( Read more... )

I am way overdue for one of these and have a lot of catching up to do. For now, here are the novels I have read since class ended mid May. If anyone is interested in my write-ups for class, which are pretty much the only books I've read since the year started,* can be found here. (Be warned, they are mostly very boring.  And the latest entry as of ( Read more... )

I just posted the following to my class discussion board.  We will see if everyone - my prof included - thinks I am a crazy feminazi or not.

“What Does 'Will Boys be Boys' Really Mean” attempts to interrogate sexist attitudes towards boys, sex, and responsibility.  Disappointingly, the article fails to question the underlying assumption that sexism ( Read more... )

I am really not liking my Teen Materials Professor.

It is perhaps too soon to make such judgements, as we are only two weeks into the semester and she has been laid up with the same nasty whatever-it-is that I had -er, have.  However, I just skimmed one of our readings for this unit and, well, let's just say it is full of more fail than this lovely ( Read more... )

According to mainstream media, my response the the murders and assassination attempt this last Saturday should be one of bipartisanship and civility.

Instead, I keep thinking of what happened at this past Christmas dinner, which was at my grandmothers and attended by her, myself, my (mostly) liberal immediate family, and my definitely-not-liberal ( Read more... )

Keeping in mind that I had tons of legos that I played with constantly as a kid, and that I was on the lego site to specifically look for cool sets to blow money on for a birthday present for myself, can you guess what annoyed me about the following site ( Read more... )