Those of you who haven't been living under a rock (and some of you who have) are probably aware that there is currently a major debate going on in our nation over the merits of President Obama's proposed national healthcare plan.

I am not here to comment on the merits of his proposal, because I have honestly not researched it in any kind of detail ( Read more... )

Sometimes I'm amazed at the kinds of things people seem to think are important.

I just read a thread on weddingplans in which people were discussing the use of married vs. maiden names prior to the wedding.  Apparently, one of the things many women do is to "secure their married name email address."

What? WHY?

Is it just me, or does changing your email address ( Read more... )

Like many Americans, I have a morning routine which goes more or less like this:

1) Get up
2) Pee
3) Feed cat
4) Get showered and dressed
5) Check email
6) Have a poptart
7) Leave for work

This morning, I got to 5) Check email, when the whole thing suddenly took a sharp left turn and I ended up sitting here in front of LJ's familiar update client.  Because ( Read more... )

Recently, I've started to notice that there have been an awful lot of flies buzzing around the apartment.  It was driving me crazy, especially since I couldn't figure out where they were coming from.    I'd keep killing them, and there'd keep being more.

I just figured it out.

El Batshit left a window open when she moved out.

Like, screen down, ( Read more... )

I hate being sick ( Read more... )

All I can say is EWWWW!

El Batshit, who normally lives on frozen meals and the occasional baked sweet potato, apparently had a fit of culinary inspiration last night. Rather than her usual Swanson dinner, it seems she decided that a really great dinner idea would be half a can of beets.

Yeah.

Beets.

The smelly things with the juice that dyes ( Read more... )

LJ proudly presents ( Read more... )

I just got back from class, and thought it might be worth another post.

My grad class at the moment is Child Growth and Development.  It's a very interesting class as far as subject matter, but it demonstrates a fact about teachers that just depresses me to no end.

I've always thought that the expression "those who can do, those who can't teach" ( Read more... )

Ugh ( Read more... )

I don't know where it came from, but this just came to my attention.

My favorite part:

"I believe in the radical feminist definition of rape. That is that men who pressure women into sex are rapists. That women who are pressured are not freely consenting and are therefore being raped. There have been a few discussions recently in the rad fem ( Read more... )