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Archive for December 22nd, 2003

Individualism today: Feelings being exploited instead of addressed, or, how I learned to stop worrying and be Dagwood

Monday, December 22nd, 2003

While I’m at it, AlterNet has a bunch of great articles just now. There’s Noam Chomsky’s Dictators R Us, originally printed in the Toronto Star, and a terrific interview with Arlie Hochschild focussing on the blue-collar guy who’s likely to vote for Bush in 2004: I think we all have feelings and they all can […]

Michael Moore on AlterNet

Monday, December 22nd, 2003

Michael Moore has a great article on AlterNet detailing the negative and desperate attitudes of American service personnel on the ground in Iraq. The article also includes much detailed information on how you can help the soldiers. It concludes with a rallying call by Moore: I know it feels hopeless. That’s how they want us […]

Manual dexterity: the original Orgasmatron (accept no substitutes!)

Monday, December 22nd, 2003

I saw a reference to this in the local paper’s business section today (paper copy, in a cafe) and looked it up online on Google. Wow. It’s a special time for DIY, I guess. Maybe this is what happens when “home ec” is no longer taught in school? People (I mean girls of course) forget […]

Not if, but when do we get the big one

Monday, December 22nd, 2003

Ironically — and frighteningly — the Oakland Tribune ran this article, Monster quake could hit Pacific Northwest, about 8 hours before today’s severe 6.5 earthquake hit Central California. My husband was on a conference call to colleagues when it happened — suddenly they said, “We have to cut this call short since we have to […]

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