So I try to safeguard my identity out in the blogosphere, so I'm not going to say exactly when my birthday was. But it was recent, and it was my 29th. One more year of immaturity before...before...before what? A mortgage ( Read more... )

Buy Blue recently linked to Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics: Our scorecard highlights which of the major electronics companies is doing the most to remove the worst toxic chemicals from their products and which companies have good recycling programs for their productsDell and Nokia ranked highest, while Apple was ranked very low. In ( Read more... )

My new background music is the Pet Shop Boys' concert with the BBC Concert Orchestra, performed back in May. Radio 6 rebroadcast the full 90-minute concert yesterday. And you can stream the program for the next 6 days. Use Radio 6's BBC Radio Player. Scroll down in the right frame to "Pet Shop Boys Live in Concert". Or you can try this direct link ( Read more... )

So, California already has domestic partnership laws which afford practically every marriage right to same-sex partnerships. California also allows a domestic partnerships to file one joint state tax return. California is funding their own stem cell research. And California recently committed to the Kyoto Accord. The newest reason to love ( Read more... )

Wow, Windows actually did something right and useful in their XP version. ( XP actually fixed a problem! )

Complex Humor:Yesterday, I was reading a dissertation about how to model the interpretation of modals (i.e. can, might) together with tense (i.e. past, present).( An inefficient introduction to possible worlds )

Little Miss Sunshine is a must see. Now, it's a comedy, and anyone who's seen my movie collection knows that it is practically devoid of non-campy, non-musical comedies. I don't like them. I expect a lot of realism from my (non-campy, non-musical) movies, and reality is rarely a comedy, unless you laugh at the misery that reality dumps on us ( Read more... )

An interesting, quick read is AudreySchulman's diary at Daily Kos: Our Current Circus. Audrey wonders whether each american consumer fails to take action against global warming because he (or she) feels that everyone around him isn't doing anything, so it's awkward for him to take action when everyone else is just sitting around. This is the " ( Read more... )

Last night, friends and I saw the Drag King troupe Muther's Boyz perform at the Common Ground. Yes, drag kings, women who perform as men. Needless to say, I counted merely five gay men who had come for the show, and my groups provided four of those. And the other gay left after the first act. (Supposedly there's pictures of the entire troupe at ( Read more... )

Those of you who know who my Swedish, former roommate is will be pleased to hear that he just called me with excellent news. He passed his B exam! If he's shared his contact information with you, then may I suggest sending him a quick congratulations? He's worked hard for his degree. And I have personally watched this hard work take a toll on him ( Read more... )