So it seems one of the current healthcare bill being considered is one with an individual mandate and no public option. This means that you, yes, you (and definitely me) would be required to purchase health insurance, whether you can afford it or not, from the companies that will not, currently, sell you health insurance. I'm really angry about it ( Read more... )

Stew can be frozen in chunks and eaten whenever. Who's got good recipes for stew?

Tupperware party ( Read more... )

The grass in the front yard needs to go away. So if you'd like, you are welcome to contribute to the beauty of this house: just bring over a cardboard box and a large stone, brick, or other heavy thing that doesn't mind being outdoors.

A longitudinal study from 1937 to now. An amazing read. You should read it.

I'd like a church (the building). Maybe titled "The Best of Humans." For the following ( Read more... )

The kitchen's clean -- clean like pretty, not clean like just-barely. The table's clean. There's a vase with flowers in it on the table. I'm eating pie. And the dog was breaking-the-rules-cute followed by a look of "okay, I knew you wouldn't like it, but I'll be good now." Ah, anthropomorphism.

I try not to ask of you something political too often.

I'd like to ask you to call your congressman and direct their attention to Simon Johnson's article The Quiet Coup in The Atlantic. Simon Johnson, formerly chief economist to the IMF, says that our banking situation resembles that of emerging market failures, and it argues for bank ( Read more... )

The ending of BSG ruined much of my enjoyment of the series. It was that bad. It was horrible. It was awful. I am disgusted with the creators.

I've been trying to figure out why the term nonviolent communication bothers me. It does -- though I'm not as much objecting to the concept. I think I'd call the concept noncompetitive communication, and I tend to agree that's important ( Read more... )