BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Warning: this is yet another disconnected ramble. I never publicly thanked Dorothea for her strong defense of me in my recent confrontation with a well known weblogger. I did privately, but didn’t want to publicly because, well, I wanted to let the whole thing just die out. However, now is the time for me […]
Steve Himmer talks about expressing his political viewpoints, especially after a gubernatorial debate: It also makes me wonder, though, with all of the hegemonic masculinities and femininities and political opinions we encounter everyday, how many of us actually agree with the party line–with any party line–and how many of us are just too tired or too lazy […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Senator Paul Wellstone and his wife and daughter and three staff members and two pilots died in a plane crash today. Their deaths are horribly tragic and my sympathies go out to their families and friends. But in these times, the loss is made doubly worse when you realize Senator Wellstone was […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. *GASP* The Bird you can’t shut up to save your life, Ms. Jibber Jabber herself, can’t find a bloody thing to say today. I’m wordless. Fall photo for you instead. Onwards. Update: Thanks to Mr. Delacour for his excellent advice on the photo and cropping.
Rick, I didn’t know you except through Chris, and I deeply regret that now I’ll never have a chance to know you, because you’re gone. You were only 39 years old. My deepest sympathies to Rick Gleason’s family and friends for your incredible loss. Someday I swear, we’ll find a way to stop these senseless deaths. […]