I yanked this off someone else's post so, it is not under my authorship but, in the perpetual interest of general edification, I felt like putting it up. I though it was one of the more concise definitions I had seen about what separates inductive from deductive reasoning. It never hurts to understand how we construct arguments or make analyses, ( Read more... )

Okay, I have a new thing that's driving me nuts. No, I lie, its driven me nuts forever but the recent media deluge of Olsen twins coverage, in fucking celebration of their 18th birthday (b/c you can fuck 'em now), has pushed me too far; I simply cannot not comment on this lest I feel grossly passive about what happens around me in the culture in ( Read more... )

This is not how Clarence expected to confront Drexl, but this is exactly what he ( Read more... )

It won't stop raining and I couldn't be happier. I'm swimming in the amniotic fluid of precipitation. Yum. (did I say that?)

Well, I believe it's time I posted something other than culture/media/lit criticism, lest y'all think that is my sole area of brain activity. It is officially summer again and I, reeling from another year gone by, cannot believe it. Much has changed, much has not. The dog is definitely new and I'm surely looking forward to letting her go apeshit ( Read more... )

I'm currently reading Le Divorce, recently the subject of a Kate Hudson/Naomi Watts filmic affair and although (no groans please)the movie wasn't so terrible, I would highly recommend the novel. It's written surprisingly superbly and Diane Johnson, the author, manages to capture the voice of her protagonist, Isabel Walker, with amazing clarity; ( Read more... )

Hope this makes you all giggle... it tickled my shit. And after this I promise I'll start talking about something else besides this movie ( Read more... )

Again, this is a response to a comment from my women's studies community but, my other postings here sufficiently contextualize this piece. Or maybe not, but here it is ( Read more... )

Since, I am so new to LJ, for the time being I am going to be putting my comments from other "communities" onto my personal page as well so those visiting can get a full understanding of my thoughts on these matters. This following entry was in response to a comment on my first KB piece, which was initially posted elsewhere ( Read more... )

Brenda As Necessary in Contemporary Context ( Read more... )