Red light cameras should be illegal. Can the ACLU get on this under some pretense of civil liberties?

Oh, the song I'm listening to right now is so appropriate.

I'm trying to figure out which conservative donor Wash U has pissed off so much that not only are they having Chris Matthews as our commencement speaker, they are granting Phyllis Schlafly an honorary doctorate ( Read more... )

I want to talk about words. Well, really, I want to talk about non-words. Not to put too fine a point on it: I fucking hate the words "womyn" and "herstory." They're utterly ridiculous. A disgrace to feminists everywhere. And, what's more, they miss the point entirely ( Read more... )

Okay, let's talk about this Jane Fonda business.

Yesterday, while on the Today Show with Eve Ensler, Jane Fonda was disucssing why she was initially hesitant to participate in The Vagina Monologues. She explained that the skit she was initially asked to do, called "Cunt," offended her delicate southern sensibilities and would probably cause ( Read more... )

This morning as I was pulling out of my parking space, my car suddenly died on me. Completely died on me. No trouble starting it; no warning of troubles ahead; and then no power, no engine, no anything ( Read more... )

I've been trying to write Monster Entries of DOOM (TM) since I've been home, and I've failed miserably. So, in an effort to get back into writing, I'm going to bitch about packing to go back down to school. I'm moving in on Saturday, and I'm fairly certain that there is no way the laws of physics will allow everything I need to bring down to fit ( Read more... )

Dear My Normally Very Lovely Flatmate ( Read more... )

1. I believe I will be having dinner or at least drinks with Andrew tonight. He's stopping in Oxford on his way back to London from Wales, so Caitlin and I are going to try to meet him when he gets in. I'm really quite excited about it, as I missed him the last time he was in St. Louis ( Read more... )

+ Skipping the baggage check line ( Read more... )

How in Christ's name do I have half a gig less free space right now than I did this morning when I have not downloaded anything or added anything to the hard drive of my computer ( Read more... )