so far this week, time has clearly been bendy.  or weird.  or something.  monday felt like friday, then yesterday felt like monday, then all day today i’ve been thinking it was Thursday, and being all relieved that it’s the weekend the day after tomorrow. except clearly, it’s only wednesday, and the weekend is still half a week away. ugh. ...

Did you catch the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency this past weekend? According to the Saddleback Civil Forum's website, the "series was established to promote civil discourse and the common good of all." Rich Warren, best-selling author and pastor of the Saddleback evangelical mega-church in California, created the forum with three goals in mind: "helping people accept responsibility, helping the Church regain credibility, and encouraging our society to return to civility."About Warren, generally I have to give him kudos for trying to mobilize the evangelical community away from hot-button bigotry issues like homosexuality and abortion and toward more ...

I'm pretty tired today. I keep waking up at about 2.50am every night. Very strange. I suspect that it's when our upstairs-neighbours return at night because, when I listen, I can hear them moving around and close doors a little too loudly. That's the problem of living with people above you, though I often wonder what it is like living with people below you.Anyway, I was cheered up as soon as I walked into the office (anyone who knows me will know that this is very rare indeed - I don't think I quite have the temperament for office work). ...

Rest in peace, LeRoi. Dave Matthews Band will never be the same. Technorati Tags: Dave Matthews Band ...

Finishing Anathem (thanks ineffably, Leonard and Sumana!) reminds me that I need to read more Iris Murdoch. They scratch the same sort of itch. I really enjoyed it, though I'm less confident of being able to predict which of my friends will dig it and which will find it tedious, compared to his other books, which are easier to narrow down in terms of flaws and virtues. It didn't have anything like the jaw-dropping brilliance of the Baroque Cycle, but it was just the thing for a weekend with lots of leisure and a gradually subsiding toothache (which started on ...

... que, antes de mais, a Allison Stokke é uma atleta e, portanto, o que importa é a sua prestação desportiva, tão bem ilustrada na imagem que se segue.Ok, eu vou repetir: antes de mais, a Allison Stokke é uma atleta e, portanto, o que importa é a sua prestação desportiva, tão bem ilustrada na imagem que se segue.Ok, deixem lá isso. ...

A Lesboa Especial 2.º Aniversário (blog myspace). Será no dia 3 de Outubro de 2008, sexta feira, no Pavilhão de Exposições (Instituto Superior de Agronomia), na Tapada da Ajuda (à Calçada da Tapada), que fica entre Monsanto e Alcântara (próximo do Largo do Calvário), em Lisboa. As portas abrem às 23h30 e a festa conta com a participação dos DJs R. Kraft (warm up), Mariana Couto, Rita Zukt e Tânia Pascoal. Os bilhetes, já à venda na TicketLine (basta procurar na categoria «Festival») e nos locais habituais, custam EUR 12,00 (em pré-venda) e EUR 15,00 (no dia ...

Por exemplo, esta imagem da Allison Stokke, uma jovem atleta americana de 19 anos que anda por lá aos saltos com vara. Aliás, se há algo a mais nesta imagem, é precisamente a vara. Allison, minha querida, não estivesse eu apaixonada pela minha namorada que não te fica nada atrás e explicava-te timtim por timtim porque é que uma mulher como tu não precisa disso para nada... ...

After work I launched myself into the yard and back forty. I had to get all the leaves and sticks out of the yard (leftover from the cutting up of the felled trees) before the lawn mowing tomorrow. Once that was done, I hopped up above the wall and continued the clean up efforts in the woods. I concentrated on cutting off dead branches and culling out some of the too many saplings. A few trees had been dead for so long that I merely leaned upon them and over they went. My next foray will have to be on ...

Saying that lesbians like cars is like saying that gay guys like show tunes … It’s old, over-done, and just flat out cliché. Apparently, somewhere during those post-stonewall/ pre-riot grrrl years, lesbians became synonymous with pick up trucks. Well, not only pick up trucks but also flannel, fanny packs, mullets, acoustic guitars, Doc Martens…you get the idea. A pick up truck can be fun in a “Hey look at me! I’m a Dyke in Dodge” sorta way. And yes, it is great for those spur of the moment trips to Home Depot. But in all honesty, what percentage of lesbians actually ...

A couple days ago Ms. K and I made the resolution to only speak Spanish at home in order to work on our bilingual skills. I should mention that I do not speak Spanish apart from "¿Dónde está el baño?" and "Uno mas cerveza, por favor." Ms. K, once fluent herself, has forgotten her Spanish and listens to "Learn Hebrew" podcasts instead. I was the genius who studied four years of German and Latin in high school. So obviously this resolution needs some tinkering.Anyway, the apartment hunt marches on, ensuring that when we find a place we can start speaking ...

In Part I of My Michfest Journal, I discussed the value of "womyn-only" space in relation to Michfest. Today, I have written about a related topic- how the exclusion of transwomen from Michfest relates to the value of "womyn-only" space.2. The Trans Exclusion PolicyMichfest is officially a space for "womyn-born-womyn" as opposed to "all women." What this tangibly means is that the organizers of Michfest have made it clear that male-to-female transgender persons (transwomen) are not particularly welcome at the festival. This policy has generated a lot of heated debate within feminist communities. Personally, I found much value in ...

The Guardian have produced an 'ethical fashion directory'. It's a little tricksy - click on titles and random new windows open, and you have to click on an image to view different sorts of clothes (which opens new windows in the background, not always obvious), but it's still useful: Ethical fashion directory. Over the past few years I've frequently heard people say "Well I'd love to buy more ethical fashion, but I've no idea where to start ..." Here is our solution. Our directory will provide, I hope, a means of navigating the sometimes confusing world of ethical fashion and... ...

Firstly, I've got to admit that this is my Mum's photograph of their new dog. (I haven't had the chance to photograph him with my DSLR yet). And, I've got to say that his face isn't dirty...when he drinks, his whole face goes in the water!! Isn't he gorgeous?After a little bit of a rocky start on the first day (he was sick a couple of times in Mum's car and had a bit of the runs - probably because of nerves), he's starting to settle down. Even Oscar, my parents' cat, doesn't seem to mind him being there.Dad ...