Monthly Archives: June 2006

I’m about halfway done organizing my books. (Click on the pic to see a laboriously annotated version of the photo indicating what sections go where.) It’s funny how much I love organizing my books, even though it’s a huge, labor-intensive … Continue reading →

This entry over at OPL is really good. So good, in fact, that I have nothing to add except “Right on!” So thanks, Nate, for taking the words out of my mouth (off my keyboard?). Although unlike Nate I don’t … Continue reading →

I have managed to cure one of my beloved cyclamen plants of a whitefly and aphid infestation merely by being really, really persistent. My weapon? Scotch tape. I didn’t want to use a ton of chemicals on it if I … Continue reading →

Your Quirk Factor: 86% You’re beyond quirky… You’re downright bizarre. You’ve lost touch with social norms and what’s appropriate. And you’re loving every minute of it! How Quirky Are You?

This post found through Carnival of Feminists gave me some food for thought. Her main point: “feminists should believe in female beauty.” The tricky bit, of course, (which she leaves out) is that it should be our beauty, not what … Continue reading →

I had one of those “Geez, I am such a stereotypical SF Bay Area Californian” moments recently. I was driving home with a couple bags of groceries from Whole Foods and listening to NPR. Hee!

I found the poem Those Tears through a Carnival of Feminists, if memory serves. I really like it because it expresses so eloquently why safe spaces are so important for oppressed peoples, why outsiders aren’t welcome, and why it’s not … Continue reading →

Well, I survived the trip back East, barely. Man, it’s been go-go-go around here for months, it seems like. I desperately need a weekend to just lie around and chill out with Antwon, but noooooooooooooooooooo… I have to get all … Continue reading →