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I just got home from seeing Ira Glass. I'm all warm and fuzzy. Aside from being afraid that my uterus would explode all over the damn venue (thank you lady parts, once again, for your lovely influence on my life) it was a really wonderful evening. It was really amazing to hear that oh-so-familiar voice, coming from a man just 50 feet away. He joked ( Read more... ) -
Calling all Knitters!!
I need some help. I have the wonderful pleasure of needing to make a blanket! I picked out the pattern (this beautiful thing) but I need to choose a yarn. The blanket shown uses this heavy worsted weight, wool ( Read more... ) -
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One of the bits of news I've come across lately is here - its a series of pictures from Iran. There is one picture of Mousavi appearing for the first time since the election, and his public appearance takes the form of him standing in a huge (HUGE) crowd of people, on top of a car, crowded with others ( Read more... ) -
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Its strange, this feeling that I often get, that I'm betraying a cause if I allow certain political events to go unmentioned here. Its hard to know what to say though ( Read more... ) -
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This is worth a read, if you feel like being sad:
"Dr. Tiller was the only person in his state that performed a variation of the procedure that saved my life. In fact, he was the only doctor in the entire middle of the country that did that procedure. His loss will cause more than just grief for his family and friends; his loss will quite ( Read more... ) -
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This morning, Dr. George Tiller was murdered, while he worked as an usher, at his church. And just like that, it becomes even harder for women who need, for medical reasons, to get a late term abortion.
For all the overuse of the term "terrorist," you'll note that its not invoked here. Here, where it should be.
Rest in peace, Dr. Tiller. -
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"Transgeneration", favorite quotation:
"He jumps on situations like this just to prove how anti-racist he is. And he's not - he's not anti-racist, because he hasn't even checked himself....he annoys the crap out of me." -
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I'm in the middle of listening to this week's this american life (no map) in which they tell a story about a couple who adopts a 3 year old girl from Samoa. Things go horribly wrong, but even at the beginning I was gasping. Even before anything went wrong ( Read more... ) -
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I've been watching the first season of In Treatment (on DVD of course! No HBO 'round these parts.) In one of the episodes I watched yesterday, the doc suspects that one of his patients - a 16 year old gymnast - has been having sex with her 40 year old coach ( Read more... )