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Great Salon article about the Republican freak-out about the dreaded “L” word. Our big problem is that calling somebody “lesbian” is still seen as an insult, particularly in straight bars and on grade-school playgrounds and high school locker rooms. Lesbian isn’t a curse word. It’s a word used to describe a woman’s sexuality. And you […]

Today’s a serious writing day, so unless the world explodes, I’ll be leaving you with this: And for the record, no: I didn’t watch the debates. I already know who I have to vote for. And these guys are getting exhausting.

And, as a perfect follow-up to that previous post, what happens when I try and subsist on 1500 calories a day and then walk into my 3rd MA class in a row, forgetting my 6pm protein bar at work — I lumber through my class and nearly pass out. Ten minutes from the end, I

Because I’m an obsessed American woman who should be spending all of this mental energy working toward a Ph.D…. here I am cataloguing this week’s meal plan. 6am: protein shake (half banana, four strawberries, half a cup of milk) 10:30am: string cheese handful of mixed nuts 1pm: half cup mixed rice and veggies with pork

Jib Jab’s got another parody up. Not as good as the first one, and I agree that it’s moving toward the homophobic. One gay joke is funny – making the entire peice a gay joke is pushing it. Take some lessons from South Park – discriminate against everyone equally: it’s a lot funnier.

Debate Prep: Shamlessly stolen from Jesus’ General ———– DEBATE PREP We have to be on our toes for tonight’s debate. It’s very probable that Our Furious Leader will go into a violent fit of rage, pull a piece from his waistband, and shoot Bob Schieffer. We can’t prevent it from happening–killing is how Our Leader

No, I haven’t read it yet, but Catherynn M. Valente’s The Labyrinth is out, and it looks hellacool. I get paid on Friday…. From Publishers Weekly In Valente’s surreal, image-driven first novel, centered on the Greek myth of the Minotaur, a female Theseus details the bizarre landscape of the Minotaur’s maze and its unique flora

Had a pretty good boxing class last night, and met Sifu Dino for the first time. He generally teaches on Tues. and Thurs. but he was out last week, so I didn’t bump into him (last week was the first time I was doing classes in addition to my usual Mon/Weds). He seems cool, very

My buddy Jenn forwarded me a reading list for Duke University’s military history majors and minors. To be fair, this was a reading list compiled in 1995, and the note at the top says the instructor was compiling a 1999 list, but I can’t find it, and h-net (a big history geeks list) is still

I admit it – this one’s from a wacky little nut (anti-semitic, too?), but it deeply amuses me. Can’t you just see it? We’re not at war! We’re supporting Israel’s fight against terrorism! I kept wondering how on earth we were going to figure out how to go to war with Iran. I mean, hell,