This Newsday article reveals the conservative opposition to sex. Apparently they blame Kinsey for AIDS, abortion and pornography. Mr. GM worked for the Kinsey Institute in grad school, categorizing naked bodies. Here’s one of my favorite quotes: If this was a true documentary, they would have included more negative information Um . . . hello.…

I’m home today with a sick child, have actually done some work. I read and responded to e-mail, created a worksheet for the workshop tomorrow, and did a little research. I still need to create a blurb for a class I’m co-teaching with Mr. GM (more on that another time) and contribute some links and…

Work the last few days has been difficult at best. The building next to us is undergoing a major renovation, which will be good for us in the long run as the two buildings are probably going to be connected in the end. In the short term, however, the construction crew has located its diesel…

I am spending Thanksgiving with my mother in Memphis, TN. I haven’t been there in over two years. For one thing, it’s very far away now and we have to fly and that costs a lot of money. But perhaps more importantly, I have a strained relationship with my mother. I know there are lots…

My life feels out of control. Which is odd because I was working really hard to get it under control. I’m not sure what happened. Maybe it’s being in Bushworld. I was thinking as I was making dinner and it was taking longer than I thought and trying to remember where to drop off youngest…

I’ve been wanting to post about these things, but haven’t because I’ve been so caught up in my own post-election mourning. First, on election day, my son (9) and his best friend (10 and from a Republican family) stood out on the street corner with clipboards and signs. One sign read “Honk once if you…

You are Sloth! Lazy huh ?? You’re a bit slow in getting going – and tend not to do anything unless it isabsolutely necessary. You’d rather sit around,watch TV/Sleep then go out and about withfriends, or take part in a sporting event. Onthe positive side, you tend to be quite smart,as you spend a lot…

If you haven’t seen this already, which I got, via Instapundit, it’s an interesting read. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

After reading this post at apophenia, I thought of Yeats’ poem in a more emotive way than interpretive. The beginning and the end are especially resonant for me. Here it is in its entirety: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere…

Based on all the furor surrounding Specter’s statements on dealing with Supreme Court appointments (some links: here, here, and here), I sent off my first letter (e-mail really) to Senator Specter. I tried to be somewhat conciliatory, reminding him that we need middle ground right now and not extremism. I told him not to cave…