Back in Toronto! Peter and I arrived this evening; he had a meeting to go to but I caught a streetcar directly back to the house. It was raining, not hard enough to get me or my bags very wet, but enough to make the air smell like wet sidewalk and dead grass and mud. That was quite pleasant, as long as I didn't inhale too deeply and catch some ( Read more... )

How does one respond to misogyny in the media?

Singer Amanda Palmer offers the direct approach.

The video of her response is amazing, but slightly not-safe-for-work. The lyrics are below.

Bam.

The Warrior's Apprentice is the first (or possibly third, depending on when you start) of Lois McMaster Bujold's "Miles Vorkosigan" saga, and was first published in 1986. I picked it up at the library last week, because I've heard great things about this series, and Bujold herself, over the years, and I decided I could do with a little more SF in ( Read more... )

Here now, behold, the Mighty Ellen systematically smack down sexism!

Wooooooooooo!

Click to view

*fist-bump*

Yeah!

(... For once!)

I had the house to myself today! For tomorrow, too! This is such a relief. I did some good work today, and held down the fort. Then I talked for over two hours with my dear Mum on Skype, which was basically wonderful. I'd had a late leftovers lunch (Linner?), so I wasn't hungry for an actual meal by the time I hung up with Mum, ( Read more... )

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.

There's a new trailer out for the upcoming film Snow White and the Huntsman, and while I will tell you that I thought the original teaser looked pretty cool, this one makes the movie look fantastic. I wish I was gonna be in-country when it comes out (though by the time I get back, it'll prolly be on DVD ( Read more... )

Well, my brother comes tomorrow (yay!) and Val and Mark are spending the weekend in Denver to attend a friend's wedding, so last week before she returned from Wyoming, Val declared that she and I would have a Girl Night tonight, and make tasty food and drink wine and watch sappy romantic movies ( Read more... )

Well with Jeff leaving today, and Mark spending the night at his mother's, Ron was the only dude around this evening. Aside from Rocky the Rooster, of course, but he lives in the chicken coop. The rest of us gathered after dinner and made white russians. Okay, Ron had one too, but he didn't toast with the rest of us - that, I think, was an ( ( Read more... )

For those of you who didn't see this when I posted it on Facebook (which has become my platform for articles, videos and essays I find interesting or provocative) -- read, and discuss: "Preventing Sexual Assault: Tips guaranteed to work!"

If only, eh?