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I know it's been said (maybe just not by me) .... but -PEOPLE- how on earth is it STILL possible for almost anyone with some money and a name to purchase a GUN? How many more "lessons" do we need to learn before this changes ( Read more... ) -
periods
A friend just emailed this "open letter" to the "Always Maxi Pads" Brand Manager. It's fun. I stole it.
It's also one more reason I'm glad I'm making the transition to more sustainable menstrual products...
(Thank you, all the girls who inspired me. You know who you are. Yes, even you, you surprising past actual sea-sponge user!)
:) Dr. W.
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I....
can't.....
TAKE IT!!!!!!!
I want to go jump in a lake.
Let's just say that if my to-do list were in hard-copy, Greenpeace would be boycotting ME instead of Kimberley-Clark/Kleenex.
Dr. W. is tired, but there ain't no time to sleep. -
A New Year
How bad of a procrastinator do you have to be when you haven't gotten around to making your "new year's resolutions" and it's nearly the ides of January? I suppose I could act righteously-indignant and pretend that I deeply empathize with Greco-Roman Jews and their vitriolic calendrical disputes, and I don't believe it's REALLY the new year until ( Read more... ) -
Rock and/or Roll -ology
Today, I saw something weird. It was just something small, but it was early in the morning and it really woke me up to the world.
Today is recycling day in our "quartier," so all the greenboxes are out, and I always have fun peeking in them on the way to school to get a glimpse of people's lives. Some households drink lots of alcohol, some read the ( Read more... ) -
I ... exist.
An oooooooooooooooooold friend just emailed out of the blue, saying, "I still exist."
That's what this post is about, really.
I was away all summer, in the Internet-less and peaceful boonies, but I'm back. Kind of.
I'm starting the 2nd year of my PhD and am supposed to be: launching into my comps; attacking Hebrew and German like I'm about to be ( Read more... ) -
konglish lesson #1: "same-same"
When I was teaching ESL in South Korea, I got to learn a little Korean - just enough for restaurants, taxis, and small-talk. However, I got to learn a LOT of "Konglish." Konglish refers to words and phrases that fuse English and Korean and are correct in neither language. One such construction is: "A? B? Same-same."
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and another thing!
This (http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org/) reminded me of a grump. I hate all this pink stuff for breast cancer. 1) How much of the money from these ugly pink items (from bracelets to teddy bears to cosmetic bags) actually goes to breast cancer research? 2) Of the money that does go ( Read more... ) -
stolen mother's day post
Personal Voices: A Mother's Day Manifesto
By Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network. May, 2003.
Flowers full of pesticides? Chocolate made by enslaved children? To really honor motherhood, our value system needs a complete overhaul.
Forgive my cynicism about Mother's Day. After all, what kind of ungrateful mother wouldn't want to be honored with ( Read more... ) -
and now, on a more personal note...
Yes. North Korea, Iran, Stephen Harper, lumber, child-care, harumph-harumph, grumble.
And now, on a more personal note:
I CAN'T GET EVERYTHING DONE IN TIME.
THIS TERM IS FROM HELL.
*sigh*