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Ok, so there's this trans 101 advice article: scarleteen via rhrealitycheck
and on vagina_pagina, someone takes major offense to the article ( Read more... ) -
almond roca recipe
My grandmother called me the other day to dictate to me the recipe for my aunt's almond roca. It's the first thing to disappear from our boxes of Christmas cookies, and when I told my dad I was starting to make candy, he immediately requested this. So, when I'm done with grad school essays, I will make it ( Read more... ) -
stolen from John Scalzi's blog:
Name a thing you like, beginning with the letters “Q” or “K ( Read more... ) -
Iron Jawed Angels
I just finished watching Iron Jawed Angels and oh my god, you should go watch it. I'm not a huge enough history buff to know how true to life it is, but really, does it matter? It's still brutal in parts, and wonderfully happy in others. Hilary Swank, Anjelica Houston, and other awesome actresses I don't immediately recognize are in it. My only ( Read more... ) -
"most obnoxious article" links contest/challenge
Ok people. After waking up to this wankitude about judges being "too fat" for the Supreme Court and this classy interview with Joe The Plumber, I wondered if today was just the day for obnoxious articles and news items ( Read more... ) -
three questions, links you'll like and a video
#1, as posted from Facebook: My dad and grandparents like to put potato chips on sandwiches, preferably tuna fish or open-faced peanut butter. My coworker's grandmother reportedly liked open-faced sour cream and brown sugar sandwiches. What weird sandwich combos does your family or friend circle actually enjoy? (Weird combos null if the eater is ( Read more... ) -
today I impaled a balloon on a skewer and it didn't pop
I just got back from an amazingly fun and informative science workshop! ( more ) -
pi party recap
On Friday, I called Marika and asked her to talk me out of making pie and talking about pi with the kids. She declined. So we got the older kids to help us explain about circles, calculated some diameters and circumferences using pi, and then let them mash graham cookies into tiny bits. We topped the graham crust with frozen strawberries (and sugar ( Read more... ) -
things that made me happy today
A frathouse stages a counterprotest when Westboro Baptist Church comes to U of Chicago. Okay, it's a DANCE PARTY.
Old baking videos from Rose Levy Beraunbaum, the author of three comprehensive baking books.
In which some graphic designers wank about how groundbreaking and Important their new Pepsi logo is, and it's amazing.
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