I wrote this in response to an article that suggested that those who display the Confederate flag in the name of pride in their heritage are full of it, an attitude I've seen a lot of places.As someone who grew up in the South I am quite familiar with the use of the Confederate flag as a symbol of pride. It’s the same way Texans flaunt all that “ ( Read more... )

So I finally for real killed a rabbit yesterday. There were 3, and 2 of my friends came over for the life experience, including one who had been living with us when they were born and grown rather attached. But she eats meat and wanted to face what that meant. We each did one. I went first. As soon as I realized I was stalling after they arrived, I ( Read more... )

You know what, Tumblr? Google Plus? I refuse. Ever. I won't do it. I will never adopt a new social network again without profound compelling evidence. I am so sick of this cycle of a new network taking over every couple of years and becoming the hot new thing, and the only reason you join is all your friends run off and join and stop posting where ( Read more... )

My garden is finally bearing fruit (that the birds didn't get)! These Amish Paste tomatoes are, I swear, the sweetest tomatoes I've ever eaten! It's crazy! I've also got a couple Brandywines that are starting to get there and some Snow Whites that look ripe but yellow, not white, so I'm not sure if I should wait on them or not... Well Google images ( Read more... )

I always feel like such a jackass when I am trying to transform a conversation into a sexual one. My best pick-up line is an out-of-the-blue, "sooooo.... sexytimes?"

Good thing this usually works! Yep, I sure know how to woo the ladies...

I got my first shot of Depo-Provera on Monday. I AM SO EXCITED ( Read more... )

Just got back from seeing X-Men: First Class with taconaco and CJ. I loved it! It was so much better than I thought it would be. I have NO idea what people see in James McAvoy though. He’s got a nice voice and he’s charming, but he looks a tad toady and his eyes are all wrinkly. He looked way better as a goat man. As I was watching I remembered that ( Read more... )

Been waaaaay to busy coding this sexy website for the past 3 weeks to do much of anything else, but I DID attend the LA Slutwalk lask weekend!


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Hey, Internet!

Where do you go when you're looking for a single mp3? Sometimes I'd like a single friggin song, not the whole album...

And with whom I emphatically agree 90% of the time:

Amanda Marcotte
Dan Savage
Judith "Jack" Halberstam
Rachel MaddowI think each of these people manages to provide brilliant perspectives and intelligent analysis in their respective and often overlapping fields without getting bogged down in the oppressive, "more liberal than thou" politics, what ( Read more... )