Vintage sexism. via. Nothing like locking children into gender roles when they’re young (then they’ll grow up to know their place).

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Today Obama reaches that symbolic threshold of one hundred days in office. Although he’s disappointed me in a handful of specific policy decisions, I’m very impressed with both his concrete accomplishments and with tenor that his administration is setting. Diplomacy and the rule of law are back in vogue and he’s paying more than lip-service [...]

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I’ve featured Emily Wells previously in a Music Monday post, but tonight Jana, CatBonny and I got to see her in person in neighboring Newport Beach. Caption: On the right is the exquisite and singular Emily Wells. In spite of the challenges of the venue, there was no talking during her sets–the crowd’s attention was [...]

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This is what I was doing instead of paying attention to my last contracts class: collecting entertaining Cthulhu links. Let us start, shall we?, with the Elder Gods Dance, which plays the Hamster Dance backwards (how else?) and features dancing Cthulhi. Cthulhus? Cthulhim! *ahem* it’s going to be a long couple of weeks. Moving on! [...]

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After a long hiatus, I’m starting the podcast back up. There are a few changes, however: I’m abandoning the “Atheist’s Prayer” title, and rebooting this as simply the “Mind on Fire podcast.” The content will range widely, but will include stories I’ve written, interviews and conversations, and fun audio projects like the First of May [...]

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This is definitely not directed towards you, dear reader, nor to anyone I know. But I’ve felt these conflicting feelings before, even if I haven’t expressed them. I’ve definitely been on the receiving end of this mixed message. I figure most of you will understand what I’m talking about.

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I’m happy. This is a very strange feeling for me and one that was foreign. But I’d been noticing it of late: things don’t piss me off, my short fuse has gotten longer, and I generally approach things with equanimity. And people. I like people now. It was hard for me to identify this fact [...]

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One of the things I love about MoF is that we’re a pretty small community and don’t attract a lot of trolls. This is not to say we never attract trolls, but when we do, it’s a surprise. There are many sites whose comments I simply don’t read because I don’t want to deal with [...]

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Here’s a little Japanese cultural lesson I put together for you, dear viewer. And it’s only $1.50 for a three pack!

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All right, folks, come hither and hearken unto my latest hare-brained scheme: Have any of you heard the Jonathan Coulton classic, First of May? If you haven’t, here it is (warning: there’s literally some fucking language in there). If you have, I know you’re all like “MST LISSEN NAO”, so here it is. See how [...]

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