My dad is divorcing his third wife. She wants a house out of the deal. My mom is selling a house, the proceeds from which will go to my sister and me. My share will go to pay of my student loans. My dad wants to convince my step mom to buy the house as part of the settlement. That way his divorce settlement would indirectly end up going to my ( Read more... )

The Max Yellow line is a light rail that travels between North Portland and downtown. I ride it north to get home. Tonight I boarded in downtown and the first thing I hear is a loud, clownish voice say "You never heard of a band called Sweet?" I turned to see the man posing the question ( Read more... )

I saw a woman in her late 20s or early 30s walking, holding a baby. She seemed like a single mother, perhaps because of her tight black cotton clothing and vintage looking leather boots. She walked with an older man in his 60s. I thought they were father and daughter and grandchild ( Read more... )

I saw it. I liked it, even though I expected to mostly dislike it ( Read more... )

Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, ( Read more... )

One thing I have come to believe is that heterosexual women prefer mates with slightly lower IQs than their own, although it doesn't seem there are many studies out there to support this. I think that this lack of information is caused by the questions researches aren't asking. They ask questions about the patterns and preferences of men, or they ( Read more... )

Advertising is where white people are fighting the race war.

I don't like asking for directions or for where something might be in a store. It has nothing to do with pride or shyness. It's that when I am lost I am free. Even though I am struggling to get back on track, to get to some destination or product which is the next step, for that moment I am decidedly off-course, and only instincts and luck will ( Read more... )

A few days ago a young man knocked on my door asking if we'd like to have our lawn mowed for $20. Maybe it was $25. I can't remember but I need to figure that out soon because I'll have to run to the ATM if it's $25. He's here now getting a late start on his end of the bargain ( Read more... )

I undeleted my Facebook account. ("Undeleted" is a word, you archaic spellchecker. Oh what, "spellchecker" is a word but "undeleted" isn't? Fuck you.) There were a few people I only kept in touch with on the site. I pared my feed down to only those I care about or who greatly interest me. It's a good thing ( Read more... )