Excellent
Michelle Rodriguez has signed on to the cast of Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, which will be out next year.
Change has Always Been Bloody, Yo
History suggests that major social policy unfolds on a continuum. The Social Security Act of 1935 disappointed liberal New Dealers because what was called “old-age insurance” covered only about half the adult population. It excluded farmhands, domestics, employees of small businesses, and most blacks. That was because FDR needed the votes of Southern Democrats, the
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Real World Application of SF
It’s all been an allegory for years on the page, but here’s an example of folks putting SF tropes to good use in real world interactions.
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Urgency Care Tomorrow
What I love about reading Diabetes Mine (she’s another Omnipod Pump user) is that pretty much anything that’s happened to her while using the pump also, eventually, happens to me. She’s got an incredible resource of t1 diabetes information that has really helped me get a handle on my illness and the most up to
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West Coast Trip Photos
For those who haven’t seen them, here’s the full set of J and I’s West Coast Trip photos.
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Osama
My God, that was a depressing movie. Don’t get me wrong: the Taliban is utterly fucking depressing (and fascinating. What made the movie are the ways people get around laws enforced by Draconian regimes. I’ve looked a lot into how Iranians have gotten around these sorts of laws, and it’s a good illustration of why
Facts About Healthcare Reform
I’m all for healthy debate, but please, folks, read the facts before you go debating. Otherwise it’s not debate, it’s “OMG MY DEEP SEATED FEARS VOMITED IN PUBLIC AND CRAZY KNEE JERK REACTIONS TO DEEP SEATED PERSONAL ANXIETIES AND OMG DEATH PANELS” and that’s just… not helpful. Facts about healthcare reform here.
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Rough Nite
J. is out at GenCon til Sunday, so I have this nice big house to myself. Nice change of pace, but I enjoy his company quite a bit. The bed has remained unmade for the last three days… Trying to save money by trying to eat in and eat reasonably. Failed, but not miserably. Drove