I was not the least bit surprised by Sanford's win yesterday. It's cute, really, that people think that the party of "family values" used the "family values" screech as anything other than a bludgeon to keep Democrats/liberals on the defensive, that they really thought Republican...
Author: vacuumslayer
I was really impressed by this comment I found under one of my entries: I hate pink too, but it’s probably a bad idea to encourage her to think that.
I think the thing that makes me angriest about the gun debate as it currently stands is that the gun-humpers are basically just trolling liberals when they protest so vigorously.
I get pretty upset when I see aisle after aisle of pink toys being marketed to girls. But nobody ever killed a person with a Disney princess or an Easy Bake Oven. This adds a layer of real sickness on top of the casual sexism....
Stumbled upon this interesting story... So in 1999, a lawsuit was filed against the US Department of Agriculture, alleging that it had discriminated against black farmers by denying them loans..
My son is subsisting on an almost entirely meatball-centered diet. It's one of the few adult foods I can get him to eat. So I am always looking for new.
Expressing a desire to have a conversation about subject "X" probably seems eminently reasonable to most people. Conversing, discussing, debating-- it's how we challenge our own beliefs and the beliefs of others. Occasionally its how we come to a consensus. So, yay, conversation! I'm all...
Please note the date, because it's not often you'll see me telling me someone that he is is "wrong" about art (if, for all intents and purposes, we're including sitcoms.
Here's something you should know about me: I blog to learn. Yes, I'd like to think I instruct, too, but I absolutely blog to learn. It's why I ask questions;.
If you read alicublog regularly, you know that Mr. Edroso really, really likes to cover the "What are wingnuts saying about popular culture these days?" beat. Hell, that's one of the reasons I love the blog; his kinda window into the wingnut mind fascinates me....
Say it's somewhere between 5 and 7 in the evening. You're dead tired and you don't feel like slaving over a hot stove for an hour. Well, that was the.
I wanted to share some quotes and links I found while I was out and about today. And by out and about I mean while sitting on my ass, indoors,.