Until I started actively trying to get pregnant, I didn't really truly understand how complicated and iffy the whole thing is. I've been a volunteer for Planned Parenthood since the 1992 Republican national convention. I've been on many types of birth control. I've led some sex education classes. I've practiced a lot. I've considered myself fairly ( Read more... )

A few years ago, I gushed about Diana Nyad who is a commentator on sports and the business of sports on PRI's Marketplace. Ms. Nyad, on top of being a great reporter, is a former athlete. She was a long distance swimmer--and for about ten years, she was the greatest long distance swimmer on earth--and she continues to hold the world record for ( Read more... )

The Burnt Orange Report reports on some awesome debate by Carol Alvarado regarding the sonogram bill, which would require all women seeking abortion to get a sonogram 24 hours before getting an abortion.
Perhaps the most appalling revelation during yesterday's hearing on HB-15, the House version of the Sonogram Bill, was that bill author Rep. Sid ( Read more... )

A few days ago, I remarked to Graham that I thought it was remarkable that so many women I know in their 30s and 40s are single and never married. His response, which I thought was probably appropriate, was that this is maybe the second generation where it's possible for women to make those sorts of choices about their lives ( Read more... )

So a legitimate kurfluffle seems to have erupted over the last few weeks in the book world. I think it's a good thing.

It started, with a glowing review by Michiko Kakutani in the New York Times of Freedom by Johnathan Franzen. It's no surprise that there's been a breathless anticipation in certain literary circles about this book. It's his ( Read more... )

There's an interesting piece in TAPPED, the group blog for the American Prospect, about long-distance relationships and gender expectations. A fairly high profile couple recently announced their engagement. She's the D.C. Public Schools Chancellor and he is the mayor of Sacramento, California. Today, DCist has an interview with D.C. Public Schools ( Read more... )

I was reading a Jezebel post on pooches yesterday, and clearly the author wasn't a dog owner. Breaking down the whole women love cats while men prefer dogs stereotype is a new study, which found that women are often closer to their canine companions than men. Should we be surprised?

The Daily Express reports that the survey, commissioned by a dog ( Read more... )

So a friend of mine reconnected with an ex on facebook after 15 or so years apart. She lives here in Houston, he lives in Seattle. He came out here for New Years to see if things would work out, and I guess they had a good time. She had a few other balls in the air at the time, and while she liked a lot of things about him, I never got the ( Read more... )

I'm home sick again today. This sucks. My dogs decided that my sleeping time this morning was the BEST time to use the bed (the same bed I was sleeping in) as a wrestling mat. Joy. The main symptom is aching all over, a sore throat and occasional coughing of gross stuff. I'm hoping it goes away soon ( Read more... )

Last Sunday, I was watching football--the Bears vs. the Lions--in Graham's family's basement. It was an unfamiliar television, and I was a guest, so I didn't point out that I thought that there was something really wrong with the color. It looked like a nice television, and I didn't want to be rude enough to point out the flaws. But some of the ( Read more... )