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Women in rock: some things never change

~LS~ — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:09:30 +0000

Baton Rouge has a new radio station: 103.3. Well, not a new radio station but an old station with a new format. The new format is "Music for Generation X." That's me, of course. The old format was "Divas" -- not for me. I listened to the station... Read more

Whoopi ~ Rape-rape

~LS~ — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:34:30 +0000

I adore Whoopi. She can do little wrong in my eyes. I'm soooo disappointed in her lame defense of Roman Polanski. I don't know what to think. It's like her brain slid out of her head and onto the... Read more

Where’s Neil Postman when you need him?

~LS~ — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:22:35 +0000

I'm contemplating teaching Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 ("The Typographic Mind"). I don't feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn't find a pdf or doc... Read more

When Species Meet

~LS~ — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:02:00 +0000

I'm reading Donna Haraway's _When Species Meet_ with Loretta. We had a great discussion of the first chapter over breakfast this morning. The book is a solid choice for us to read because she's a science-y person and a dog person and I'm a Haraway... Read more

War is not Healthy

~LS~ — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 05:38:00 +0000

Listening: Bombs over Iraq My stomach hurts. Shoutout to Art Tafil from Knoxville, TN Art who is looking to buy a "War is not healthy" poster, which led him to my website. He writes: I accidentally found your excellent site, while looking... Read more

Walmart Goes Organic

~LS~ — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:20:00 +0000

Walmart is "going organic." Wow. Wal-mart is actually breaking into the organic food market. I have very mixed feelings about that. Willow's food is very expensive. But Wal-mart is also the devil incarnate. The rub is that Wal-mart is violating many... Read more

Wall-E

~LS~ — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:23:00 +0000

I liked the movie Wall-E. I didn't love it, the way so many people do. But I liked it. I thought the message about the environment, consumption, and technology was an obvious one. One that a six year old and maybe even a four year old would get. But... Read more

VVAW Anti-War Quiz

~LS~ — Sun, 09 Mar 2003 02:34:00 +0000

A little quiz from an email I got from Meg, a UUer and a very cool person: ---------------------- Look at this list of countries that the U.S. has bombed since the end of World War II, compiled by historian William Blum: China... Read more

Voting Fraud

~LS~ — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:15:00 +0000

I have no idea why I am up at 4:15 AM on Saturday. I surfed off an email I got that forwarded a message about voting fraud in Austin. Here's the text of the email: Yesterday a friend voted early at a polling location in Austin. She voted... Read more

Unrelated Ruminations

~LS~ — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:24:00 +0000

More Spanish Prisoner: The Nigerians have given my address to Kenneth Kabila from Zaire - Congo-Kinshasha. He has diamonds he would like me to help him export (smuggle?) out of the country. Incidentally, here is why that movie, "The Spanish... Read more