Interesting article on the “food wars” going on in the school system . If the changes were about health, I’d love to get behind them: put more juice choices in schools, more trail mix as opposed to Snickers bars in the vending machines, making lunches palatable so you’re not rummaging around for snacks all day […]
Did another follow-up call with my doctor, Dr. S, this morning. I’ve had a couple of nights where I’ve been running under 70 on the blood sugar count (and had two low sugar reactions in the middle of the night), so he’s cutting my long-lasting morning insulin dose from 30 to 26 units, which makes
I was chatting with my buddy Julian yesterday about a number of things, and we touched on my feelings about my body’s new “broken” status. I’ve been rejecting the “sick” label or calling myself “sick” because I have certain ideas about what sickness is: sickness gets better. Sickness is temporary. And, most importantly, for me,
I realize I’m a year late in getting to it, but I just finished reading David Moles’s story, “Planet of the Amazon Women.” It’s good. Go read it.
Cool interactive website that maps out the rights of women, men, and families state by state. Check it out.
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Sarah Waters interview at the Guardian
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I had the opportunity to hit the “Fundamentals of Feminism” panel at Wiscon, consisting of four women and Sam Delany. Delany’s opening comments touched on men’s interests in the equality of women throughout history. “What do these men have to do with feminism?” he asked. “Absolutely nothing. Men cannot be feminists. Feminism is about women.”
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75 pages of God’s War to go, dammit. Opened up the file, looked at the three chapters of revision I needed to do before I moved on, and closed it again. ug ug ug It’ll get there. Just waiting on responses from my second round of readers for tDW, then revisions, then I’m booting it
My duties at The Day Job (TM) have been reduced to updating our client’s database. I’m incredibly relieved about this. I keep hoping they’ll just fire me. I would love to sit at home and collect unemployment checks for a couple of months. But then, I better be careful what I wish for. The Day