So, the parents were in town last weekend, which meant that we became ( tourists in our own city. )

Okay, I haven't wanted to post about Terry Schiavo. It's this bizarrely polarizing mess, and almost no one who's blogging about it has any idea at all how the legal procedure works (I do) or what the medical evidence means or doesn't mean (I don't.)

But can I just ask one thing? How come the people behind this get to call -us- "the culture of ( Read more... )

Okay, gang-- help me out.

Over on Metafilter there's been a mild dust-up about whether the word "Trannie" is verboten or not.

Is "trannie" really a slur? The first time I ran across the word was about five years ago, in an essay by Nomy Lamm. Since then, to my knowledge, I've only seen it in cheery, happy, gender-whatever-friendly places, ( Read more... )

( Ten Things I've Done that No One Else on My Friends List Is likely To Have Done. )

I do not think we can exist another day without these.

Would you believe that the Mountain Goats had a more-or-less full band at the Crocodile last night ( Read more... )

Am I complete freak because Mike Doughty's solo stuff kind of reminds me of George Elliot?

Probably.

My, there sure is a lot of Bopla up on Ebay right now, la, la, la.

My, I sure do have a lot of my Hannukwanzticemas bonus left, even after Hannukwanzticemas shopping, la, la, la.

Do I really want to become the kind of person who owns an $800.00 set of china, even if said set was bought over several years, and in chunks?

It's official ( Read more... )

You spend half an hour shopping on the internet, trying to replace a favorite piece of clothing you're sure you lost, BEFORE checking to see if you've hung it up in the closet.