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Butternut Squash Soup
I think you can get it at Whole Paycheck.— November 29, 2009 8:41 a.m.
Black Friday, Part Two: Jacobo
Good to hear, dear. There are wonderfully kind, sensitive--and heterosexual(!)-- men out there--I know, I snagged one, and happily share a family with a few ;)— November 29, 2009 8:25 a.m.
Black Friday, Part Two: Jacobo
This is really sweet, I love random meetings like this. I'm glad you are reaffirming for yourself that men like Jacobo exist. ;)— November 29, 2009 2:35 a.m.
Stranded
rickey, I understand your basic platform, but you take it too far, and expect extremes of what you deem to be the 'opposite' of your views. To support your basic platform that we are all instinct, impulse, and genetics, with very little else, you keep stating things like "more and more evidence comes out over time linking more and more behaviors we once thought of as choices to our genetics," or you suggest that we go watch Zoo TV. However, you don't clearly explain away social phenomena, and you will never be able to, because there is going to be just as much research showing how we are beings that grow intellectually and perceptually over a lifetime, picking up social cues, in the form of biases and affinities, wherever we go. We are complex structures of both genetic and socially learned behaviors. Sometimes I think that you stick to the former and deny the latter because it allows you to form opinions about how certain groups of people are genetically less intelligent than others. What do you think--could this be your ultimate personal bias, no doubt acquired culturally?— November 29, 2009 1:28 a.m.
The early bird catches a cold. And a rainbow.
Thanks for sharing your morning on the cliff with us. Beautiful imagery and description--the verbal equivalent of one of Shizzyfinn's "OB in HD" pieces. As for the formatting issues, they are a total bummer. My latest blog is completely messed up, and unreadable due to text actually getting cut off. It would be great if we had a toolbar for spacing, indents, the basics of formatting...— November 29, 2009 1:18 a.m.
Stranded
"...due to the fact I am a human with all the stereotypes pre-loaded." Humans are not born with steretypes preloaded. That's a learned cultural phenomenon, and pick and choose once we become conscious of our biases. "...the woman looked honest, and their kid seemed normal." So how did the woman communicate 'honesty' to you?— November 29, 2009 12:43 a.m.
Black Friday, Part One: Lucky 13
Great job, Cuddle! You certainly earned your deals. Like AG, I had never heard of this kind of madness--don't think I could handle it, even to save $100 or so. Wait--the Acer Aspire is NICER than the one they were going to give you? Is this a full sized laptop, not a netbook? Wow! Is it fast? How much RAM?— November 29, 2009 12:31 a.m.
Everything and Anything
My question is, what if it is just NOT the right shoe? What if you need Just the Left Shoe? Guess you get left in the cold. I think you should go for those Frye boots if you can, Pike. Very handsome. And "Rage Brown" reminds me of some of the gendered color names in my recent Land's End catalog. They have a: "Squire Brown" for men, but a "Spice Brown" for women. A "Dark Balsam Heather" for women, which becomes "Expedition Green" for men. "Rage Brown" for a women's Frye boot would be what, then, for women? "Doe's Eye Brown?" :) Anyway, I am excited about the "Build Your Own Waiting Room Kit." Maybe I'll buy the Nice Red Chairs to start, and when I've got just the right blend of Muzak, receptionist chant, and waiting room vibe, I'll have my doctors make appointments to see me, for the low copay of $15 per house call. After all, I am providing the electricity and interior space for these visits.— November 28, 2009 5:19 p.m.
Turkey Day
rickeysays, why would we remember every episode of Seinfeld? It hasn't been on for a long time. You brought it up, so I guess it's your call on whether or not it is worth explaining.— November 28, 2009 3:40 p.m.
Precious, Not Few
I just wanted to add that while Duncan felt that the sexual orientation of the teacher is not important to the film, it is important in the book, as Sapphire's treatment of sexuality, and what it means to be a woman in Precious's world, demands the fullest exploration possible of what she makes of potential and possibility in her world. I am hearing good things, and truly hope the film is as good as this book! ;)— November 28, 2009 1:06 a.m.