Archive for 2008
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Zimbabwe: from a model of success to abandoned hospitals and rampant disease. This is what happens when leaders squander money. Don’t forget to call in “gay” on Dec 10. You know those reports of horrific treatment of Palestineans by Isreal? Now it’s on video. Have you read The Arabian Nights? I remember finding an old […]
Back to it
It’s been far too long since I’ve blogged about shoes. I haven’t stopped spending precious sleep time perusing zappos, however. I’ve got a gazillion boots in my favorites, and have been recently inspired by my freaking HERO Dr. Isis to start back up with the shoe blogging. Reading Sublimefemme also gets me thinking about shoes […]
Treating Migraines
My migraines are triggered primarily by pressure changes, especially pressure drops. So things like a change in elevation, flying, and weather changes are terrible for me. I’m living in a place much drier than I used to, and my migraines are much better – several a month as opposed to one almost all day every […]
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What I’ve noticed
While much of the news has focused on foreigners in Mumbai, Indians have borne the brunt of the attacks. SublimeFemme weighs in on the gay-marriage issue – I agree with her: But why should anyone have to be married in order to have access to a basic human right like health care? I would like to see queers […]
Overpopulation
From Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: The Norse were undone by the same social glue that had enabled them to master Greenland’s difficulties. That proves to be a common theme throughout history and also in the modern world … : The values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate […]