Today marks the 35th anniversary of Roe v. WadeI am thankful it has not been overturned yet ( Read more... )

Thank you, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A little something to think about today from bookslut:
Everyone in America owes Kathy Glick-Weil a big thank you.

A matter of principle -- and law -- made Newton Free Library's director, Kathy Glick-Weil, insist that FBI agents cool their heels in their pursuit of an alleged terrorist threat.

Glick-Weil said yesterday she had no choice but to prevent the ( Read more... )

While looking at the latest in LJD, I followed a link to a true crime blog, The Dark Side (which Ann Rule plugged in her blog!) and found an interesting site I hadn't seen before: Map Sex Offenders.

It uses the Google Maps API, which shows results significantly faster than the map-based search in the Texas Department of Public Safety Records ( Read more... )

As I was winding down before bed last night, Vogon's phone made an exceptionally irritating noise that is apparently his text message sound, as I found out when I fished his phone out of his coat to make it stop. The message read:

Now all you have to do is enter your Jamster! password [six-digit number] at the website! (Please save your password ( Read more... )

Vogon left to do a little shopping earlier this afternoon. I was going to make a post about how I'm confused that he insisted on getting gifts for Laurel and I after I've repeatedly told him we're fine (she's going to be buried in gifts from relatives), but as I was sitting down to type, he came in and said, "We won't be going anywhere for awhile ( Read more... )

Your checkbook just became obsolete
A new law makes canceled paper checks a thing of the past. Say goodbye to the 'float' -- and the chance to stop a transaction or spot forgery.

I think this will be the nudge a lot of people need to make the move to automatic debiting and online bill payment.

The DFW-DEN flight was uneventful beyond free in-seat TV programming and Laurel peeing through her Pull-Up. (I changed her pre-boarding, it apparently wasn't enough!). She's been with me at my parents' since and happy as a bug ( Read more... )

Target's apparently more on top of things than 7-11 about checks, though it's likely because the anonymous loser that swiped Amy's purse spent a lot more there ( Read more... )

Last month, my older sister was supervising a group of students working on a Homecoming parade float after school at a student's home when some anonymous loser threw a brick through her driver's window and swiped her purse. When she called Denver police, they told her she could come in and file a report the next day or she could file online. She ( Read more... )