The study found that job applicants in Canada with Asian names - names of Indian, Pakistani or Chinese origin - were 28 percent less likely to get called for an interview compared to applicants with Anglo names, even when all the qualifications were the same ( Read more... )

Every time I walk out of an Ulta or Sephora, I sigh and feel like I'm not just not pretty enough and if only I had enough money to buy all this excellent make-up, I would suddenly feel like I'm good in my face, as if somehow buying all these products would also imbue with the willingness and skill to spend all this extra time applying said products ( Read more... )

An episode in the tragedy of my life: I was happily washing my coffee pot (because I'm weird and like doing the dishes) and then it just...broke. In my hands. While I was rinsing it out. Apparently the glass just got tired of retaining its coffee pot shape and gave up on life. Who knew that happened?! Coffee pots shouldn't be allowed to have ( Read more... )

Had a great time at the Caps FanFest yesterday with _la_belle_fille and celerywench and her little sister. Getting to watch the prospect dev camp final scrimmage was fun too but made me miss hockey so fucking much. Ugh, summerSlowly going out of my mind today. No sports. No news. No new fic. I can't make myself focus long enough to read a book or watch a movie ( Read more... )

Going to be incommunicado the next few days as I'm off to wireless/service-less Montana. I don't mind taking a break from the internet (I have corralled a few people into texting me trade updates) (provided I get those texts) but it means I will be missing both the Germany-Italy semifinal tomorrow (stuck on planes and in airports) and the final on ( Read more... )

Reconstructing Patrick Kane’s Drunken Weekend In Madison, With Eyewitness Testimony

( So, feelings of the varied and disappointed kind. )

I said it on FB but I think it bears repeating:

I woke up this morning and was disappointed in my state. Thankfully, this afternoon, I am not disappointed in my president.

OBAMA: [A]t a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

As ( Read more... )

I think being a hockey fan - okay, a Hawks fan - is making me an alcoholic ( Read more... )

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Next season, Canes.

What a fucking heartbreaking sports weekend, with all of my teams losing. Fuck that shit ( Read more... )