Posted on June 13, 2015
Black, White – Penis, Vagina
The deal with Rachel Dolezal has nothing to do with Caitlyn Jenner, or transsexuals in general. Or transracials, if that’s even a thing. I kind of think it is, although mostly it’s to do with culture rather than skin color – but then again, so is most racism these days. But more on that in a minute. For now, let me just try to convince you to stop comparing the two like they’re at all alike, or thinking you’re making a clever joke as if thousands of other people haven’t already beaten you to it on Twitter. Read More
Posted on June 10, 2015
Wallowing
I launched a new site redesign today. And nobody noticed.
Well, that’s not entirely true. A bunch of people noticed; I can see the analytics data, after all. It’s just that nobody cared. Which is pretty typical for the Internet, I guess. And this site. And maybe blogs, in general. Most blogs, anyway. Read More
Posted on May 30, 2015
The Cupboard Under The Stairs
I’ve been feeling fairly useless lately, which while not an altogether unnatural sensation for me, I don’t like at all. So, after I got tired of doing things like shooting flaming arrows down my hallway in a scientific experiment to see how best to set off motion-detecting track lights with a high-speed arrow (I’m not entirely without Dangerous Ideas when I’m feeling bored and useless), I decided to do something productive.
It all started with a nasty, unused bathroom to which we’ve left the door closed for around a decade now. The toilet never did work right and the faucet was spotty at best, so we just kind of ignored the whole thing like it was some kind of elephant graveyard Mufasa warned us never to go to. And time took its toll.
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