So, a pick-your-brains question that occurred to me as I am studying for this final ( Read more... )

Another October, another National Coming Out Day ( Read more... )

Look, a post! (If I'm going to complain about the decline of LJ in favour of other "social media," I should probably write as well as read/comment ( Read more... )

Reflection of the evening, talked about briefly with Chris: while there are some YA must-reads out there that won't make you bawl your eyes out, they're in the minority. Hello, teenagers/pre-teens! Coming of age does not have to be a heart-rending experience, but if it is we usually don't write about it.

Good God. The New York Times has a section up of responses to the Prop 8 decision from five different law professors, but one, titled Promoting the Ideal of Procreation just made me incensed. This woman is advancing the argument that same-sex marriages are inferior and needn't be recognized because they can't produce biological children. She calls ( Read more... )

Just registered for my fall class. Little less pressure this time than last spring, but not by that much. I'm feeling pretty calm right now, though ( Read more... )

I turned in the last paper for my class two weeks ago. I didn't do as good a job on it as I could have, and before that I'd been sitting on an A-/B+ (not counting class participation, also yet to be graded then). I was hoping for the A- overall, bracing for the B+. Grades were posted today ( Read more... )

Britain just revoked the medical license of the doctor who first published the vaccines-autism claims.

He can still practice outside of the UK, but it's about damn time.

Edit: Another good article, from the BBC, here.

A self-contained conversation:

Erin's legs: Why do you hate us?
me: I don't hate you. I love you. I want you to be flexible and strong again.
Erin's legs: . . . Doesn't feel like it.

Worst part is always the splits.

Today I learned that if I want to continue making soup I'll need to acquire an immersion blender.