Who's the first woman nominated for President? Victoria Woodhull, who in 1872 said, "If
superior people are to be desired, they must be bred; and if imbeciles, criminals, paupers, and [the] otherwise unfit are undesirable citizens, they must not be bred."

John Locke (August 29, 1632-October 28, 1704) was an English philosopher. In epistemology, Locke has often been classified as a British Empiricist, along with David Hume and George Berkeley. He is equally important as a social contract theorist, as he developed an alternative to the Hobbesian state of nature and argued a government could only be ( Read more... )

Fuck. New. York ( Read more... )

Probably the most accidental, excellent random mix I have ever accidentally came up with consist of the following four tracks:

1 - "Stones" - from the Ultima series of games here. (there are many other renditions ( Read more... )

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they created panic by placing "bomblike" electronic light boards displaying a cartoon character with an upraised middle finger throughout Boston ( Read more... )

The familiar Pac ManÒ and Ms. Pac ManÒ video games present a planning problem in which task prioritization is a major characteristic ( Read more... )

My uncle recently passed on. I did not know him that well and it's been probably more than a decade since I last saw him. Nevertheless, I remember him as being exceedingly kind and intelligent, and it's a shame ( Read more... )

Iran's most senior dissident cleric ... Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, ... reflected a growing feeling among many that Ahmadinejad has concentrated too much on fiery, anti-U.S. speeches and not enough on the economy ( Read more... )

On Monday after work I went to get a few things.

Stop one: StaplesIn Staples, a crazy woman. 40-50yrs., black, missing some teeth. Walking up and down the pencils and pens. She'd put her hands to her mouth and gasp with delight, "Oh my God!" and laugh when she saw something unusual, like a pencil sharpener shaped like a dog ( Read more... )

So many thoughts swirling around but just out of consistency reach. Fuck, I'm so happy I'm off the Zoloft. I feel like I can think again and get passionate about things. Goddam glorious. I missed my old manic desperate-thinking-out-loud-'cause-if-I-don't-RIGHTNOW-I-might-lose-it self. I missed the old anxiety born of "this is my life I must do ( Read more... )