I haven't been using this journal much anymore, but until I again become inspired to write publically, here is my birthday list with 37 random facts about me for my 37 years. This is my 3rd such list in 3 years, so hopefully I haven't started repeating myself yet...

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My birthday was Saturday, so in keeping with the tradition I started last year, I'm posting one random bit of information about myself for each year of age...

Thirty-six Things About Me1. I'm a pathological procrastinator ( Read more... )

I had to borrow a Zinn phrase for the subject line. When he hides and then jumps out to surprise us, he yells, "here's me!!!" In some ways I'm dreading the day when he uses grammatically correct English ( Read more... )

I just turned in a total rewrite of my personal stories piece. Given that the book drop-dead date is next Friday, this was a kind of risky move on my part. Hopefully, my editors will like it better than the original and it will only require minor edits after this.

Aside from worrying about how it will be received, I'm extremely happy to be |<-this ( Read more... )

In case that I haven't made it known where I stand on this issue, breast is best!

The cream of the crop in breastfeeding coup

I resent the tone of this article just a little bit, but still, I'm proud of what these women are doing!

Human babies need human milk!

I'm all done writing my three articles for the Burstein book. Well, the initial writing, that is. Now that I've turned them all in, I have some rewriting to do on the popular culture piece, and I'm still waiting to hear the verdict on the personal stories piece ( Read more... )

Satire, folks! I have nothing against men. I have something against institutions that have something against women...

(Snagged from The Lesser of Two Weevils.)

Top Ten Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained10. A man's place is in the army ( Read more... )

I had this dream a few weeks ago ( Read more... )

-- I finished my first piece that I've been asked to contribute to the book I mentioned. It's an annotated Mary Magdalene book list with 22 titles on it. Waiting for editorial comments ( Read more... )

Today is my 35th birthday.

If I live to the age of 70, I will consider myself lucky. Since I don't really expect to live past that age, as far as I'm concerned, today represents my halfway point in life. To mark the occasion, I've decided to list 35 more-or-less random things about my first 35 years:

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