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Dogma
Looking back at Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal as an adult, one can imagine numerous meanings in the song.
On the one hand, one might think it was a patristic, male-centered glorification of violence against women; complete with the macho mafia-inspired pinstripe aesthetic and tommy guns ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
It's been close to six years. Just checking in to see if anyone is still here. I see all my old subscribed feeds are still in place haha. He-LOOOOO! ECHO! ECHO! RIIIIICOOOOLAAAAAAAA! -
"Wake up, time to die."
LJ is done. The point of my presence on this cooperative blog was community. It has long since been abandoned to the elements: spam scurrying about, open holes letting in gusts of subscriber feeds. The whole place echoes. I remember what a central communication spot this blog was just seven years ago ... wait holy shit was it seven? I don't let go ( Read more... ) -
DIslike Abortion? You Should Still Support Funding for Planned Parenthood
Everyone knows where I stand on the issue of babies, born or not. But defunding Planned Parenthood has nothing whatsoever to do with abortion, women's choice issues, Roe v. Wade, none of it.
I can't say it better than Neph - let her hip you to this vibe. -
Progress/regress
I have to say, there really is merit to the old-school monolithic, dictatorial editorship of encyclopediae or other reference sources. The public at large just doesn't have the spelling skills, grammatical prowess, organization of thought, or understanding of even basic logical concepts to be able to maintain something like Wikipedia with any real ( Read more... ) -
Favorite Stupid Interview Questions
... and man I've had some doozies leveled at me in my day. My all-time favorites seem to be the uber-technical job-irrelevant queries submitted by some geek swinging his dick and staking out his territory for the new guys, but then again there are others that I remember fondly as well ( Read more... ) -
Irony
Muzzammil Hassan, who started a television station aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes, has been convicted of beheading his wife for seeking divorce. I'm reasonably certain I did not make this up. -
Religious Afilliation = Hospitals Give Substandard Care
Hot on the heels of Bishop Thomas Olmstead stripping St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix of its affiliation with the Roman Catholic diocese after it terminated a pregnancy to save the life of the mother, the National Women's Law Center has released a report on entitled Below the Radar: Health Care Providers' Religious Refusals Can ( Read more... ) -
Big. Large.
You know about North Carolina, right? The state? Like many other states, they have a State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Their SBI has a crime lab with a forensic biology section that tests stuff for ... stuff ( Read more... ) -
Ancient Eggnog Recipe
Small batch, awesome stuff.
Ingredients- 2 fresh eggs separated
- 1/4 cup sugar separated into 2 8ths
- 1/2 cup white rum
- 1/2 cup bourbon
- 3/4 cup milk