Helen Boyd Kramer's journal on gender and stuff
In a few days, we’ll turn 40. People have asked if there’s anything in particular we want, which is sweet.
So here’s the list:
Or you can just wish us a happy 40th in the comments below!
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.
Something I tweeted at Ron Hogan last night is getting re-tweeted a bunch. He orginally tweeted:
Ah, Seth Godin: “More people are killed by deer than sharks, but you don’t see park rangers running around like nutcases.” http://is.gd/vgjb
to which I replied
@RonHogan & regular flu kills 3k people annually in the US, whereas swine flu has killed 0 so far.
& then added:
@RonHogan whoops. that’s closer to 36k. via brian williams: http://dailynightly.msnbc.m…
… so the credit goes to Brian Williams for keeping his calm and putting this swine flu panic into perspective.
Republicans are flooding this MSNBC poll and giving Obama straight Fs. Give him the grade you think he really deserves.
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You’ve gotta love the fact that conservatives against Obama’s tax policies have inadvertantly introduced the nation to an obscure sex act. Happy tax day everyone!
A very happy Easter and Passover to all who celebrate this weekend!
(Thanks to Doug for the link!)
A very very happy birthday to the Guy who makes Aretha Franklin’s gowns. Really.
I love me some drama: Rasputina & The Dresden Dolls, both some kind of merger of pop and weimar. I especially love the Rasputina lyrics: Neglected girls should worry? / That’s what god made sailors for!
& Yes, I did hear “If your kisses won’t hold the man you love, your tears won’t bring him back” in a slightly different way viz my own marriage, but it still held up as truth, no?
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