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In Honor of MLK Jr Day...
Some crazy shit w/r/t queers and womens.
1). One of the brides in this article is the sister of a friend of Kate's via the internet. As you can tell, they're getting a lot of bullshit posts. Her sister's trying to get folks together to say nice things to outweigh the shitty comments. You have to register, but it's a nice thing to do.
2) This is ( Read more... ) -
I'm taking a poll
What percentage of my dissertation research/writing will be done while standing in the kitchen, computer on the sideboard because it's the only thing at the right height to stand and type, baby sleeping in snuglee? -
dismissed
No jury duty for eight years, whee ( Read more... ) -
Excused.
From that case at least. My dead brother in law, let me show you him. Best get out of jury duty card evar. Silver lining tiems. Oh, my sense of humor is so wrong.
Back to translating. -
Falafel matters.
Voir dire. I may be picked. I really hope not. Wireless really shitty in this room. Went to fave Yemeni restaurant for lunch. Took forty minutes to get falafel sandwich. What, did they have to grow the chickpeas? But it was the best falafel I've ever had, so, you know, balance or some shit. Time to be bored more now. Sigh. -
Jury blogging
there are no words to describe the awesome of the new York state jury video. Hosted by Ed Bradley and diane sawyer. It starts with a reenactment of a mideval trial by water. That's right, bitches. New York is cooler than you ( Read more... ) -
So...
Which of the following things will help me get out of jury duty on Monday?
A. Arabic dictionary, stack of Arabic/English newspapers to translate, yellow legal pad full of scribbley Arabic notes
B. Book on Arab-American women through history
C. iPod full of downloaded podcasts from Radio Tahrir
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Essay on Disability and TXF
In case any one wants to hear me rant about my experiences as a disabled person in conjunction with a really mediocre X-Files episode, I wrote a meta at trustno1_redux called "Normalcy vs Capacity" about "The Walk." You remember it as the one with the astral-projecting quadruple amputee. Or you don't remember it at all, more likely. It does contain some ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes it's nice living with a professional photographer.
Because when you say, we need a Christmas card photo of the three of us, he busts out the light umbrellas and the wireless flashes.
And because he's your best friend, you end up looking like a pimp.
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