June 2012
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May 2012
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So I'm taking the GRE sometime in the next few...
And I realized, it has essays. And it’s on a computer. And I almost certainly won’t be able to change the keyboard layout to my preferred Dvorak. So that means that in addition to teaching myself algebra, geometry, and elementary stats (from scratch since my homeschool education was worthless on that front), I also have to learn touch-typing in QWERTY.
Most people only have to learn...
April 2012
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“For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in...”
– President Obama in North Carolina today on why Congress has to act to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling (via barackobama)
Barack Obama is 50 years old. Do I get to look forward to having my loans paid off by age 42?
“Men get to feel hornier because they’re socially supported in this. The whole of...”
– Amanda Marcotte, Misogyny isn’t caused by male horniness, on David Wong’s article 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women (via ellielamothe)
March 2012
9 posts
What the Death of the Canadian Penny Says about...
fishingboatproceeds:
tiredandinspird:
“Canada is scrapping the penny, ending production of the country’s smallest unit of currency this spring.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, whose department described the penny as a “nuisance” in budget documents, said the coin is now more trouble than it’s worth.
The Royal Canadian Mint will stop distributing pennies to financial institutions in the fall...
February 2012
8 posts
You know I was kidding right?
edwardspoonhands:
So I made my video today for two reasons. One, because I wanted to showcase and comment upon the vast amount of cute that we have in our world, because it’s fun to think about things we don’t think about (even if I’m thinking about them in idiotic ways.)
But the other reason is that I wanted to point out a few ways to make a ludicrous argument seem semi-sane. This is how...
Hanne Blank: Real Women [forever and always]
erikawithac:
porknachos:
jinxesforthejinxed:
“Real women do not have curves. Real women do not look like just one thing.
Real women have curves, and not They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and olive-skinned, and not. They have small breasts, and big ones, and no breasts whatsoever.
Real women start their lives as baby girls. And as baby boys. And as babies of indeterminate...
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Response to gyzym for your response. {TW...
cumber-snatched:
erikawithac:
anedumacation:
therealmoki:
I appreciate you taking your time out to respond. Never thought my opinion would ruffle up so many feathers. But I wasn’t referring to people to actually have clinical depression. I understand that depression is an actual medical condition. I am/was just claiming that their are too many stupid fucking kids using “depression” as an...
January 2012
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“We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing — an actor, a writer — I am a...”
– Stephen Fry (via rachelshead)
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Gay Church research continues
mizujada:
So I finally got around to the research I’m supposed to be doing on LGBT churches. While reading a timeline I got some insight into our current situation.
For most of the 70s and 80s, the big mainstream American protestant churches didn’t really care about LGBT rights. It just wasn’t on the agenda. Every few years or so, one of them would debate whether or not it was ok to ordain an...
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