In which I chronicle several experiences I've recently had in the shopping realm, which I thought you might find entertaining, edifying, thought-provoking, and/or diverting....

( The Saga of the Rug )

Thanks to everyone who commented on my post about bra-wearing, feminism, and related concepts a couple of weeks ago. ( Here's the link in case you missed it or want to review. ;) ) I wanted to do a followup post on some of the issues that came up.

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Recently lunaris1013 wrote in her LJ that a woman should not go out in public without a bra if she is over 30, is bigger than a B cup, and has had two or more children. I am sure she's right about this. Still, all three of those things describe me, and I commit that infraction regularly. Am I repentant? I am not. But I have been thinking about this a lot ( Read more... )

I just got the following in an email from a local parents' group:Pretty Princess Camp

July 20th - 23rd - 9:30am-1pm
Ages 3 1/2 - 6
Cost: $99

For little girls who just love to be princesses! We will learn about different princesses and how to walk, talk and dance like one! Students will also get to make a craft to bring home each day (like a ( Read more... )

I just posted this book review on LibraryThing.com and thought I'd post it here too. It's a review of Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland. This book will not actually be published until November; I received a copy of it thanks to LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program ( Read more... )

I just realized that LoudTwitter didn't post any of my tweets for like a whole week. D'oh! And here I was thinking "I don't need to post about that on LJ because they'll see my tweets ( Read more... )

You know, I've been mentally composing for a few days now a post about the upcoming holidays and the things I want, for just in case any of you might like to get me something. But then one reads something like this (from alestar via wakinghour) and my coveted garlic press starts to look pretty trivial.

You can go here to read the entire story on DailyKos. And it's ( Read more... )

I have now read eight books in the two months since sandykidd started watching Ruthie (i.e., since my commute started involving bus time). That's a book a week! Go me. (My teenage self sneers at my measly book a week! But she can shut up, because she's not raising two kids, dammit ( Read more... )

So I joined the Feminist SF Book Swap, which is basically exactly what it sounds like. And I got a copy, direct from the author no less, of a new book called Dangerous Space by Kelley Eskridge. I must say I hadn't heard of her before, but I'm liking what I see so far ( Read more... )

I haven't mentioned, but one thing that has been great about my new commute is that it gives me some time to read. Depending on which route I choose to take (generally either a) leave car near sandykidd's house and wait for the 69 bus or b) park on the city border and walk through Harvard Yard), and depending on how long the bus takes on days when I take ( Read more... )