Cthulhu on a cracker. I'm mostly posting this because its simultaneously hilarious, ridiculous, and lachrymose.

Apparently, Alyssa at ThinkProgress thinks there's been no revelation of what average people think of superheroes in the Marvel Universe. There's no context, no background for SHIELD. She finds this disappointing, given the basic plot ( Read more... )

This has been a remarkable week for feminine badassery -- whether one agrees with Texas State Senator Wendy Davis or not, it seems to me that one has to be impressed by any person who can talk for 11.5 hours and stay on topic (because the times they said she wasn't on topic -- it's only off topic if you're an ingorant twit), do so without water, ( Read more... )

You know, it bothers me a lot less when a conservative tells me s/he thinks I'm wrong than when s/he says I'm unAmerican. Every time I even glance at the backlash against Obama's win, I come away with a sick horror. For all that I find a lot of the visible, frothing GOP to be OMG, WTF batshit, with a side order zealot-frosted krazykakes, I don't ( Read more... )

I kind of want to marry State Senator Nina Turner of Ohio. I believe we totally should ensure that the fragile state of male reproductive health should have as many vigorous and prying inquiries made into it as so many State representatives and senators would like to have regulating us poor, weak-minded, foolish-for-thinking-our-bodies-belong-to- ( Read more... )

WTF, Limbaugh.

Okay, I realize that not everyone who I'm friended with is a liberal (I'd call myself a more or less liberal moderate), and I realize that not everyone agrees on things like abortion and birth control, but I can, and will, always take issue with the attitude that because a woman is on birth control pills, it's because she's having ( Read more... )

Apparently I need it because I think all people who are abused by their domestic partner, regardless of gender, deserve to be heard and that the subject of domestic violence is too often narrowed by society to just 'Men beat their girlfriends/wives.'

It seems that thinking that domestic abuse is wrong, full stop is -- if I understand what happened ( Read more... )

Why is it that I hate little baby paperclips and absolutely adore baby binder clips? I mean, we're supposed to be wired to like babies, but I find myself with lots of unlove for itty-bitty paperclips and the urge to squee like a fangirl at bitty binder clips.
Apparently my maternal gene is broken.
Oh, wait... it is *me* I'm talking about.

...but I have to say, I like this guy.

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Everyone has different opinions on homosexuality, and all, but the question he asks is a good one ( Read more... )

I think that all e-courses that should be named "How to be a manipulative asshole and not be noticed" should be played as drinking games. I'm seriously considering using such as a method to get completely hammered this weekend. Or some equivalent. Also, it's an easy way to cheat ones way to 40+ hours of "training ( Read more... )

An interesting question found on childfree

( Are you worried about leaving it too late to have children? Are older parents any better or worse than younger ones? )