So, still chewing on the orientation question.
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I suppose it doesn't matter now. Over 50, overweight, sick, and tired - not a lot matters anymore ( Read more... )

So, I write a lot about my mom's suicide and the effect it had on me.  What I don't write about often enough is who she was ( Read more... )

My continuing struggle, over thirty years later, is what part did I play?  How much fault do I actually bear?  Bare ( Read more... )

I work from home.  Have for over a year ( Read more... )

Why is rape so traumatic?  Why isn't it just like any other assault?
Let me explain it as best I can.  Male and female bodies contain the same tissues and cells. The same tissue that forms the balls in men forms vaginas in women.  Does getting kicked in the balls hurt?  How about getting kicked repeatedly?  That's just the start.
When a male is ( Read more... )

I'm very careful about calling myself a Skeptic.  When I do, most of the time I get asked what it is and I tend to dodge the question and say it's kind of a group of science fans, then change the subject.  Partially, because it's a long and revealing explanation, partially because I don't feel like I'm a good example of a Skeptic and people will be ( Read more... )

This will only make sense to a small group of people, I'm sure none of them read this blog - but I'm going to post it as a comment on Skepchick.org anyway ( Read more... )

I missed it in school. I remember hearing about it when I got back from whatever plague had me out that week. Haven't thought about it til I was looking up something else and the name triggered old memory bells alerting me that this was something I had meant to find and forgotten.

It's The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Most people read it sometime in ( Read more... )

Secrets can turn out to be very interesting things, and the reasons we hide them even more so.

My family has always been exceedingly proud of being Irish-American. Irish, American, Catholic - in that order - was how we were raised. But despite being steeped in that particular culture, my sibs and I knew it was only part of the story. The other part ( Read more... )