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Burton
"No one would have believed, in the last years of the 19th century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless whorls of space. No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other ( Read more... ) -
SCIENCE
Yes.
In Experiment 1, 40 women individually played a game of Operation in which they had one chance to remove each of the body parts without touching the tweezers to the sides and making the wacky buzzing sound and blinking red nose that indicate your patient has tragically died on the table. They were then randomly assigned to look at images that ( Read more... ) -
Music time: Killbot 2000
dindrane's trivia mention of datura stramonium reminded me of this, which is currently one of my favorite songs on one of my favorite albums.
Some background: Murder by Death's Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them? is an album about the Devil laying siege to a town. This track represents the initial attack: zombification of a schoolhouse full of ( Read more... ) -
Why didn't she just leave?
At a few places I read, the old question of "why didn't that abused wife/girlfriend just leave her husband/boyfriend?" has come up once again. Hilzoy's post at ObWi is one that must be read. In addition, I wanted to post again this comment from bbruger at Feministing a while back.
I have a simple response to the ‘why didn’t she just leave?’ crowd ( Read more... ) -
Tribulation
Fred Clark, who spent over five years on his blog doing a commentary and exegesis of Left Behind a few pages at a time, has moved on to the second book in the series.
The male supremacist dogma that so many evangelicals euphemistically refer to as "traditional gender roles" usually expresses itself through an emphasis on almost Victorian manners. ( Read more... ) -
Remember, ladies...
You should not state that you have a PhD on your profile. This could intimidate men. And if you choose to keep it on your profile, you may otherwise attract pretentious, egomaniacs who can quote you every line from Shakespeare.
Admitting that you have a PhD is not wise when searching for love. In fact, you shouldn't even mention it unless they ask. ( Read more... )
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