Unlike real life…

I had an awful dream last night. I had an audition for something – I can’t remember what, but instead of arias they wanted two art songs. OK, I thought, and picked two that were impressive and I sing well, and put the sheet music in a binder.
The audition was in one of [...]

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Celebrity

Someone has probably said this already.  In fact, I have vague memories of reading it somewhere before.  But nevertheless…
…I cannot find a source of it online, but if you’ve ever read I, Claudius, you might remember some of his descriptions of the religious rites of Roman-age British.  In one particularly fun festival, a beautiful young [...]

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Dear Josh: Or more signs that you might be a troll

Though I should probably break this blog silence by writing about the move (rainy but OK), the house (awesome!) or the phone/internet situation (bloody frustrating), this is too awesome to ignore. It’s almost as good as the time I got plagiarized.
But first, a couple more helpful signs that may tell you if you’re a [...]

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Book review: The Unlikely Disciple

I can’t remember *where* exactly I read about Kevin Roose’s book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University. I can’t remember when exactly I reserved at the library.  But I must have done so – I’m guessing sometime in July, at the peak of my Quiverfull obsession – because a week [...]

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Perhaps I am doing Ralph Nader a disservice, but…

…has he lost his mind?
Go here, listen/watch, and tell me what you think.
The title came from—Warren Buffett was watching post-Katrina in his living room in Omaha, and he saw these streams of poor people fleeing the floods and the winds, and no food, no water, no shelter, on the highways north of New Orleans. And [...]

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The Blag Hag goes to an anti-porn rally…

…so the rest of us don’t have to.  Go read her take on it.  It’s hilarious.  An excerpt:
God created sex so you could be one with your partner. Every time you have sex, you’re creating oneness with that new person, so you’re fracturing your soul into pieces. OMG SEX CREATES HORCRUXES. That’s really how Voldemort [...]

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In case you didn’t listen to the podcast: Cat, get out of the bag!

So in case you didn’t listen to my podcast, or you got bored halfway through my trawl through Wikipedia’s pages on chromosomal disorders, this is the big secret I was supposed to have confirmation by 8 PM yesterday: We are buying a house.
The saga began this August when I realized that, against all odds, we [...]

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Worth a thousand words

This is a picture of a hair elastic that fell on the floor. I did not tamper with it in any way.
Compare it with this:

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Complaining with Kay, Episode 30: Vegetarianism-ism + To Train Up a Child

I go vegetarian, and compare Debi and Michael Pearl’s “child-training” (note: not “child-rearing”) book, “To Train Up a Child” to the work of Cesar Millan, aka The Dog Whisperer.  Also: the difference between puppies and babies, and why eating animals is not NECESSARILY bad.
Link.

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An oddly hopeful image

I spent the afternoon today at the art gallery again. Every time I’m there I see the same man go past the window at about 2:00.
He looks indeterminately elderly but could, I suppose, be anywhere from 50 to 80. He’s always wearing the same red shirt and ballcap with wispy grey hair leaking [...]

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