Last weekend I saw Torchwood Children of Earth (CoE). ( Cut for spoilers and the fact that 90% of you couldn't care less about the show; Also, sorry if it's rambly, I'm trying to sort through my thoughts. )

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The Chinese state news agency reported Monday that at least 140 people were killed and 816 injured when rioters clashed with the police in a regional capital in western China after days of rising tensions between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese.
Philadelphia's public transit passes are (binary) gender-specific and that's being enforced in such ( Read more... )

As I read about rising tensions between Israel and Iran, I couldn't help but think about an Israeli advertisement that tries to capitalize on Iran's role in the "clash of civilizations".   It's an advertisement for cable and shows Iranians, including an ersatz Ahmadinajed, dancing and singing in praise of this great programming (there appear to be ( Read more... )

Music:
So I've downloaded everything that was recommended (that's easily available) and have listened to almost all of it. If you're curious which of your recommendations I especially liked, just ask (and if you'd like the complete list rather than just the stuff you recommended please let me know so I can email the Excel sheet that has it). ( Read more... )

Do you have any songs you'd like to recommend? I've finally gotten into downloading music (yes, a decade and a half behind the rest of my generation) and am looking for good stuff to add to my collection. So far (since downloading a music downloading program a couple weeks ago to get stuff for my sister's birthday mix CD) I've mostly focused on ( Read more... )

There have been an increasing number of important events that I feel like I should write about (or at least mention).

A couple of weeks ago there was a cyclone in Burma.  Tens of thousands of people died and tens of thousands more are missing, and there are allegations that the military regime is hoarding all the international aid to help maintain ( Read more... )

( Book meme )

Back in Williamsburg. I've been getting settled in and organized, starting applications for the various programs to which I'm applying, and taking care of random errands (revising a paper from last semester, following up on the Lambda budget, etc.). I'm not quite sure what I'm taking this semester but will post that info. when I have it ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention that I wrote an article for one of WM's publications. You can access it here under "current issue" if you're interested ( Read more... )

Articles:
Africa's first elected female president confirmed
Divestment due to Darfur?
Groups Set to Contest Student Loan Cuts
Paper Says Bush Talked of Bombing Arab TV Network
Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime I'm not sure why people see this as harming wrongfully convicted prisoners...Couldn't you make the case that wrongfully imprisoning ( Read more... )