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recommend a comedy
It's summer, and I feel like being entertained. I want to watch some really good comedies between now and September ( Read more... ) -
more personal responsibility - less government
As much as I like the idea of government sponsored safety net - I often think the price of having the government as a caregiver is too high. It's not even the fact that we pay for it through our taxes. The money of it through higher taxes isn't even the part that bugs me. I guess it's some residue of my leftist tendencies from my youth, but I do ( Read more... ) -
Follow up to my last post
In my last post, I was freaking out with outrage over the article that I read in the Vancouver Sun, which is a local newspaper.
The entire article had me up in arms, but the part that most upset me was:
During their lifetimes, research suggests, 83 per cent of women with disabilities are sexually abused; 80 per cent of female psychiatric in- ( Read more... ) -
I think they're focusing on the wrong problem here...
I was reading this article on how mentally disabled people aren't really able to testify, and thus help prosecute their attackers, and all I can really think about is this line:
During their lifetimes, research suggests, 83 per cent of women with disabilities are sexually abused; 80 per cent of female psychiatric in-patients will be physically or ( Read more... ) -
Why do I waste money on this paper?
We have two local newspapers. The Province, which is not much better than a gossip rag, and the Sun, which is slightly better, and provides some actual news of substance. It's not the Globe and Mail, but it's better than nothing. We have a subscription to the Sun ( Read more... ) -
While I was away from LJ....
In the last few weeks I have:
- Gone to a couple of concerts
Hugh Masekela, which was amazing
Salif Keita, which was just okay
- Read about 30 different parenting books. Of these, three were actually worth recommending:
Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel
Mindsight also by Daniel Siegel
Connected Parenting by Jennifer Kolari ( Read more... ) -
What makes a professional sports team?
Maybe someone that watches NHL hockey can explain the appeal of being a sports fan because honestly, I don't get it. I can understand why people play sports. I can even understand the appeal in watching professional sports (though I think it loses a lot in translation from real life to television). I can even understand the appeal of something ( Read more... ) -
Log Driver's Waltz
Many of the stories and shows that I remember loving as a child are disappointing to me as an adult. The ones that are truly outstanding, however, I still love ( Read more... ) -
What should Mahogany do about her lawn?
I'm going to try to convince my dh that we should get rid of our lawn. I've never been a fan, and I've decided that this might be the year that we get rid of it.
I'm thinking of overseeding my lawn with a wildflower mix with flowers that are native to the pacific northwest, with some extra fragrant flowers thrown in.
Poll Mahogany's lawn -
Yet Another Book Hangover
Maybe this is another case where I've been living under a rock, and everyone has already read this except for me. I just finished reading The Lost City of Z by David Grann. Wow ( Read more... )