Things related to that reality thing people are always going on about.
When pictures from Abu Ghraib surfaced, some members of the military were held accountable–or rather, sacrificed as scapegoats. The humiliation and intimidation of those prisoners was rightfully judged a crime, and some of the perpetrators convicted. But others were never charged. Now we know that the actions went far beyond attacks on dignity and comfort. […]
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So how goes the Doomy Summer of Editing DOOM? Bleh. I haven’t edited anything. I write, maybe a thousand words on Fidelis, maybe 300, maybe none, and I swim. That’s about all I’ve done. I blame the swimming, mostly. Since I was off work I have been swimming for an hour nearly every day. This,
So, yeah. I’ve been pretty wrapped up in the Iran election thing. I can’t help it. People standing up for themselves and for others gives me chills. It’s utterly marvelous, some of what’s been going on. World response, on a person to person basis, has been amazing. Half of Twitter is probably showing as from
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Can’t Stop the Serenity is coming up this month for much of the world. If you don’t know, that’s when Browncoats around the planet stage a showing of Serenity and throw one heck of a shindig to raise money for a good cause, Equality Now. From their site: Equality Now works to end violence and
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I didn’t. I consider myself up to date on the things that are important to me–the environment, human rights, many avenues of science–but I hadn’t heard of this. It’s hideous. They’re not the most articulate people; they’re not practiced TV hosts spouting lines. In their situation, “totally bummed” might be the best I could come
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In today’s mail… Coupons to things I still can’t afford. One notice of a late fee due to an unpaid bill. (I paid it. On time, too.) One notice of a rate increase–the child’s monthly health insurance premium is doubling as of June 1st. Hurray for advance notice. One notice that the school district that
Yesterday–well, Thursday–was the five year anniversary of Chris’ death. I wasn’t really expecting it to hurt. No, that’s not quite what I mean. The anniversary is always a sad time. I love and miss him still. But it’s…usually it’s bittersweet. I take the day off and just be very nice to myself and maybe go