So, a U.S. District Judge has ruled that the DADT policy must not be enforced any longer. It will be interesting to see how the White House responds.

The Justice Department is considering whether to appeal the court ruling. . . . If the government does appeal, that would put the Obama administration in the position of continuing to defend a law ( Read more... )

the_original1 and I went to see Sauk Valley Community College's production of Lysistrata on Saturday night. They used Edward Einhorn's translation/adaptation, which isn't quite the same as what I read! The Athenians were "flower children" and the Spartans were some sort of Eastern Bloc people (Lampito says when she first comes on stage, "Yes, me can throttle ( Read more... )

First, there was Schrödinger's Rapist: or a guy's guide to approaching strange women without being maced. In my opinion, the woman who wrote it is letting fear rule her life and is treating men unfairly.

Now, there's a response on another 'blog, this one written by a man who is, himself, a rape victim. I think he brings up many good points. My ( Read more... )

I went to K-Mart tonight to get a few necessities. After picking up my gigantic package of toilet paper, a king-sized box of powder laundry detergent, and a tube of toothpaste for the Things, I was trying to find the travel coffee mugs. I am not used to this K-Mart, and couldn't find them. Instead I found the clearanced Christmas candles. While ( Read more... )

I knew this was coming when I was looking something up on the Planned Parenthood website, and saw that all of the hormonal forms of birth control had bits in their descriptions like this: "Some people say that the pill works by keeping a fertilized egg from attaching to the lining of the uterus. But there is no proof that this actually happens." ( Read more... )

Entries from this week sparked a conversation which cleared up an eleven year old misunderstanding, which should have drastic, positive ramifications in my marital relations.

Put simply, cougar_ridge_v2 improved my sex life.

No, I'm not telling you specific entries, or details of the conversation.