If ever you were naive enough to think that the phrases "battle of the sexes" or* "war on women" were just hyperbole and rhetoric, consider the recent murder of Dr George Tiller for the heinous crime of providing perfectly legal late-term abortions to women in dire medical straits who in their desperation could turn to few others for help ( Read more... )

A frequent social/relaxing/bonding activity I have with my partners is watching DVDs companionably with them, where we provide homegrown commentary and/or peanut-gallery remarks as we watch. And a splendid pastime it can be at times, as well. The downside is that one eventually finishes watching everything one has in one's library, and it becomes ( Read more... )

So I'm in the process of putting together a new stereo setup. But it's not just any stereo setup. See, I'm trying to assemble a really good set of classic 70s hi fi components ( Read more... )

While perusing my friendsfriends list, I came across this post, by lydy. It's a long, fascinating essay talking about being a post-baby-boomer in a world that seems to revolve around the next age cohort up, and that compares the current war (and the peace protests that surround it) with Vietnam war and the 60s... um, I can't really do it justice in a ( Read more... )

Here is a most excellent discussion on the subject of Kettles, and The Proper Ways Of Making Tea. As someone with fairly strong feelings on the subject of tea myself, I thought it deserved sharing.

This is an article by Janis Ian that discusses the "is downloading free music from the internet helping or harming recording artists?" issue. I came across this article via a reference to it in mactavish's LJ, and thought it was one of the more cogently-argued ones I'd seen on this topic. There's also a very coherent and persuasive piece by Courtney Love ( Read more... )