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Illegitimate Rape
I don't feel like going up against the feminist establishment here so I'll just retreat to my little backwater, knowing that no one will ever read this but I still can vent my spleen!
Angela Davis, in Women, Race and Class articulated the dilemma of, for want of a better word, "non-legitimate rape." False rape charges were responsible for the ( Read more... ) -
Unfinished business
Since a couple of people commented on my earlier post (what a surprise to know some are still reading LiveJournal!). I thought I should bring some closure, as they say, into the Unpleasantness That Is 2012. The news is reasonably good regarding my granddaughter. She spent 5 weeks in a residential facility that is really meant for anorexic teenagers ( Read more... ) -
The Bad Thing
My granddaughter A turned 10 two days after Christmas but she did not eat any birthday cake nor play with her gifts. When I arrived in Dalton on December 20th I was looking forward to a long enjoyable visit with my son, family, and especially grandchildren, whom I hadn't seen in many months. Instead I walked into a tragedy unfolding when the ( Read more... ) -
2012 sucks so far
Long time since I've posted here. Everybody has moved to Facebook and Twitter. The posts get shorter and shorter. So this is really kind of a diary because I doubt if anyone will even read it, but that's what I need right now ( Read more... ) -
Weird food thing
This is kind of strange. For almost 8 months I've been eating 4 servings of vegetables and 3 servings of fruit each and every day, like you're supposed to but very few people do. So my research is pretty extensive. I discovered a new vegetable, broccolini, which is tasty and cool. I have my likes and dislikes but I try different things. I've always ( Read more... ) -
Weighty Thoughts
I've had the interesting experience of losing weight. During the past 7 months I have lost 32 lbs by a meal plan called NutriSystem which is a good fit for me and works well with my lifestyle. It has been quite easy, actually. My hardest problem is buying all new pants. I like having the structure ( Read more... ) -
Not my day
I am sitting in my nice new home office, very busy with a project, which should be occupying all my attention. Instead I'm shaking and on the verge of tears. I took my dog for a walk half an hour ago and while investigating some ground cover in the area between the sidewalk and the street he made three or four powerful backleg digs into the ground ( Read more... ) -
Elizabeth
#2 in a continuing series on Women I Have Worked With. Not funny like Hazel, though ( Read more... ) -
Chilly in London
So we finished the conference last night and I drank a lot of wine. Slept in (9:30) today and then went off to shop for these crazy things my daughter collects. I was a little early so I stopped in the Covent Garden Hotel tea shop and had a proper tea with buttered scones (I mean, with a little sieve you pour the tea over) and I figured what the ( Read more... )
