So, it's spring, and I live in a house with a lawn and bushes and flowers and things.  Now is the time to deal with lawn care, a subject about which I knew absolutely nothing prior to quizzing Todd about it this afternoon.  Apparently mulch keeps weeds to a minimum.  Who knew?  Everyone but me, I suspect ( Read more... )

Anyone who knows me probably also knows that I am an ex-Christian atheist.  However, my views on religion are a lot more complex than "God doesn't exist," and I'm not sure if I've ever really put them down in writing.

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My car is buried.

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I did not believe the weather report I read last night that said Ashburn would see 1-2 feet of snow.

There's two feet on the trunk of my car right now.  The snow has not stopped.

I hereby declare the invention of the concept of "the Derailing for Dummies argument" - that is, the argument that certain points are always disingenuous because they can be used disingenuously (e.g. replying to "I think you're being oversensitive" with "that's the tone argument and therefore your point is automatically invalid ( Read more... )

Tonight, on Ace of Cakes, they're making a cake for a lesbian couple that got engaged at DuPont Circle.  How cool is that!

(Far, far cooler than over 50% of Maine voters, that's how cool.)

And for the chaser - The Star Wars Holiday Special!

Or as much of it as I can sit through, anyway.

It was bad.  Startlingly, cringe-inducingly, nails-on-chalkboard bad ( Read more... )

It's a concept I have a lot of trouble with.  As far as I can tell, cultural appropriation is essentially taking any part of someone else's culture (music, images, etc.) and incorporating it into your own.  Although, it seems that when people talk about "cultural appropriation" they are talking about stealing culture, not simply "incorporating" it.

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So, question: when you do cardio - running, dancing, whatever causes you to breathe heavily - for longer than your body's used to, do you get a horrible pain in the back of your throat?  As if you're in the middle of a bad cold, or something ( Read more... )