Today is National Coming Out day
I'm not the type to offer fast slogans or simple gestures and then move on. So I'll have to say that growing up a freak (nerd, geek, dexter, dork, etc), I know all to well what it is like to be made a target for what you are and be ignored for who you are.

Also, in the spirit of my belief that you should never let ( Read more... )

So I'm a little torn on the Katy Perry on Sesame Street thing

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On one hand, her outfit wasn't all that horrible. Parts were covered and it looked like she was playing dress-up

On the other hand, we do have a problem with the over sexualization of our children in this country, and there is a problem if the target audience of sesame street starts ( Read more... )

well, I'm mostly moved into my new apartment, I have 11 of my 12 interviews done for my dissertation, my internship is set to start next month, meaning i'll have a paycheck soon, and things are going good with the lady. All this goodness can only mean one thing...

...All hell is about to break loose!!

I think I need to go find myself a bomb shelter ( Read more... )

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: The Science of Bad Decisions

For America To Heal, It Needs the Muslim Community Center
Many see the so called "Ground Zero Mosque" as an insensitive reminder of 9/11. However, this community center may actually be what America needs to heal from and move past the events of 9/11.

            In a business deal, each member should benefit. If the seller gains, and the buyer loses in the business deal, the buyer will not be able to maintain himself as a stable participant, and eventually, the system will collapse because there will be a deficit of buyers, and the seller will eventually have no one to sell to. If the buyer ( Read more... )

Isaac Bonnewitz,  religious leader loved by some of my friends is dying of cancer. There is an effort to use prayer to help him get better. Although there is a definite value to a community coming together for such an act of will and compassion, it should not be ignored sometimes the greatest test of life is the way a person faces death. ( Read more... )

     My friend imaplatypus  is a heavy proponent of pit bulls, and often points out that pit bulls are a generally well behaved and generally non-aggressive. Doing some extra research on the debate, the offered counter to this is that the issue isn't the temperament of the dog, but the power the dog has to inflict its wounds. It's not that they are more prone ( Read more... )

( Philosophical connections between myth and man )

Please Write or Call your Senator to protest the Corporate giveaway in this bill

There is a Bill going to Senate Floor soon known as The “Global Food Security Act” (S.384). There is a clause in this bill that earmarks billions to promote GMO foods in the third world, and excludes specific provisions for any other farming technique or agricultural ( Read more... )