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Just a reminder, there are over 16,000 free books over at Project Gutenburg. It’s pretty cool.

Twisty, now uniboobal, is in recovery. If you’d like to send her some stuff to peruse, go for it: What I really need are mystery novels, or old movies, or even some good old patriarchy-affirming yet diverting SF. Email me.

In the eighth grade, I had a science teacher who decided he was going to teach us about health and nutrition and exercise. I really liked the guy, all told, but he really, really didn’t like fat people. Well, no, I’ll amend that: he didn’t understand fat kids. Let’s call him Mr. H. This made

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 12 – A gene that programs muscle tissue to store fat is over-expressed in obese women, researchers here say, and may be a key reason why dieting fails… For now the take-home message for clinicians treating obese people is that diet alone is unlikely to have much effect, Dr. Muoio said. Well,

Though I must say, I’d like to see the girl-gamer version of this. Any takers? Nerd Porn Auteur But I don’t wanna watch this misogynist he-man woman-hater porn.I want porno movies that are made with guys like me in mind:Guys who know that the sexiest thing in the worldis a woman who is smarter than

Biology, in the western world, acts almost like the Qur’an in the eastern world – it is the ultimate excuse for why things for women cannot and will not change. In a secular world you are told that inequality rests on nature; and in a religious world you are told that it rests on God’s

Alaskan ghost stories… Here’s a couple from places I’ve been: Circle – Circle Hot Springs – haunted by a former owner, they don’t like renovations. Beers often move across the bar on its own. foot steps heard walking across the porch of the rental cabins Fairbanks – mile 8-12 Chena Hot Springs Road – This

I’m catching up on my e-mail just now. Here’s a worthwhile request for ya’ll from Colleen Mondor: As you may have read in the Bookslut blog two weeks ago, (I am a regular contributor over there), or over at Moorishgirl, I am working with a group in Baton Rouge who are helping children sheltered with

Another day, another dollar. B’s in town for the long weekend, so we have been quite busy. Eating good food, watching shows. Stayed downtown Friday and Saturday night. Really neat to be bunking down a couple blocks from the Sears Tower. Lots going on. More later.

They just make it so goddamn easy: BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) — The court that made Massachusetts the first state to outlaw slavery will now decide whether slaves from other states can be freed there. The case is being closely watched across the country. If the Supreme Judicial Court strikes down a 1913 law, slaves from