Monthly Archives: January 2012

Beauty and Fat

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

I’ve been reading an anthropological book about fat from a cross-cultural perspective. I do stuff like that. Which is why I am a geek. It has given me Deep Thoughts. There are areas in Niger where fat is considered a … Continue reading →

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The World’s Cutest Letter to Santa

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

I meant to post this … well, about a month ago. But shit happens and I get distracted and people get oh look a butterfly and I love butterflies I should get the girls more sparkly stuff with butterflies on … Continue reading →

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The Glorious Spock is Now Two

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Today Spock brought me an empty tea mug and said, “Here you go, Mama.” She only has a few sentences of that length in her lexicon, as yet. Mostly she communicates with one or two words together. Even more often … Continue reading →

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The Internet beat SOPA (for now)

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

SOPA was the covert Stop Online Piracy Act that big entertainment mogul’s wanted pushed quietly through congress so people wouldn’t know that the Internet was going to be censored and controlled by the Entertainment Industry. What is a little censorship … Continue reading →

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Fear of fluidity

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Cynthia Nixon is in hot water. She dared to admit that, for her, being in a homosexual relationship is a choice. This has got many in the gay community and their supporters riled up. They have been working hard on … Continue reading →

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Anger Issues

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

I have a temper. A bad one. I know this. Some of it from Asperger’s. When I get frustrated or have to deal with  inexplicable (to me) behavior by others I get angry. It’s the smaller version of the autistic … Continue reading →

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Today is the Chinese New Year, but the Year of the Black (water) Dragon has not yet begun. That doesn’t officially kick over until February 4, 2011 … which is the first day of Tiger Month, the first month in … Continue reading →

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Fat-Hate and Paula Deen’s health

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

So, Paula Deen has type II diabetes and the fat-hate and fat-shaming have begun in earnest. Not that it wasn’t rip-roaring at just the rumor of her medical condition. Huffington Post is one of the many news outlets gloating about … Continue reading →

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How to avoid GM foods

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

Yesterday, I pointed out some problems with GMOs. Now, I will share with you courtesy of kipnews.org, how you can use the PLU codes at the stores to avoid GMOs as much as you can. Of course, once this info … Continue reading →

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Monsanto wins again

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

For years, a coalition of companies/retailers, including Whole Foods Market and Organic Valley among others, concerned with protecting organic farms from genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) that might encroach from neighboring non-organic farms, have opposed the mass commercialization of GMO crops.  Well, … Continue reading →

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