Wednesday evening is for cooking

1. It’s possible that my body no longer processes lactose the way it used to. Some dietary testing was done, and the results were strongly suggestive, let’s say. Yes. Let’s leave it at that. So, I’m a vegetarian eating low-to-no-salt and low-to-no-dairy. This is mildly frustrating, but I find that I am merely grateful that [...]

Saturday night is for working

1. We’re supposed to get 16 +/-5 inches of snow over the next 36 hours. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow morning whether I will be heading in to work. 2. I am trying this thing called f.lux on my computer. It is supposed to look at your latitude and time of year and time [...]

Friday morning

1. Now I’m following the political situations in Libya and Bahrain. I’m not certain what I get out of this, you know? There’s *certainly* nothing I can do for the people being shot by their governments. But I am very aware that the political struggles of people who are not white Americans often fall under [...]

May Day 2009

Every year the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, in collaboration with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater holds a May Day Festival. I described this, over and over again yesterday, as a combination Pagan Beltane Ritual to bring back the Sun and a Socialist Demonstration of Worker Solidarity. Lest anyone think [...]

Link: A New Meme, Please Get One

From the progressive feminist site, Shakesville, a link dump with commentary on the recent spate of blaming immigrants for swine flu. In short, Media Matters and other conservatives have started blaming the epidemic on filthy Mexicans and other undesirables. I wish the tactic was novel or surprising, but as Shakesville points out, the United States [...]

2009 Blog for Choice

I have two kids. My partner and I adopted them both, together. Our son, M, was a local adoption. The story is not a secret in local circles. Many people — friends and family — ended up playing parts in it. We have continuing contact with his birth parents. His adoption story is part of [...]

Inaugural Address, January 20th, 2009

Text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address on Tuesday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. OBAMA: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his [...]

It doesn’t seem right.

I was looking up the candidates in my district at E-Democracy yesterday. And I noticed something — I am strongly biased against candidates who have Christian themes, Biblical verses, or calls to prayer on their campaign materials. Biased enough that such things mean I look no further — I won’t vote for that candidate. I [...]