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The death penalty sucks

And Greg Bloom is on hand to tell us why – on GC today. Permalink here.

Pokrov is an Eastern Orthodox religious holiday. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent Pokrov at home. I like it. It’s happy and low-key and very, very peaceful. Ali Eteraz is… being Ali Eteraz. And pissing off Yvonne Ridley. Ye-a. Pandagon’s latest book selection is Susan Faludi’s The Terror Dream. The dissection of theContinue reading “Blog-stroll on Pokrov”

A dog from a breeder (in other words, a dog from the depths of HELL)

I’m getting damn tired of two particular groups of people. Group A: The people who have an aneurism if they hear that some terrible person somewhere got their dog from a breeder. Group B: The people who have an aneurism if they hear that some dumb person somewhere got their dog from the pound (or,Continue reading “A dog from a breeder (in other words, a dog from the depths of HELL)”

A friend just sent this to me

In my case, this link did not come with an explicit warning. Which was unfortunate, since spontaneous vomiting can do a lot of damage to a keyboard. I really haven’t got anything witty to say about this one… yet. ~UPDATE~ It’s a hoax. Should have read the testimonials. They’re hilarious, in that creepy way.

On believing

No American, or, for that matter, Ukrainian (Russian, ex-Soviet, whatever) person I know has brushed me off when I talked about that one New Year’s Eve. The Special New Year’s Eve. Special for many reasons, but here is the obvious one – the one that involved me getting surrounded by friends of friends on aContinue reading “On believing”