Archive for 2015
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading Making the Rich and Powerful Work for Everyone Comment on Guest Post: Changing my surname was a personal choice by jmc38 The Anthropocene Myth. Blaming all of humanity for climate change lets capitalism off the hook TPP leak: states give companies the right to repeal nations’ laws. Nothing I’ve read about the […]
Where did all my money go?
Several times a year, I look at my overall income and then my savings account and feel like a terrible, wasteful, spendy person. I think, given how much I’m making, I should have been able to save $X. And then I remember to factor in tuition and how much it went up again, and I’ve […]
Working through a heart attack
The other morning I started feeling weird and not very good. I ignored it for several hours, but I kept feeling worse. I very recently started taking a new supplement for my migraines, and I realized that I hadn’t done very thorough research on its interactions with the other drugs I take. Maybe I shouldn’t […]
Migraining with money
A few weeks ago, I forgot some of my meds on an overnight trip. Yikes! Luckily, the pharmacy I use has a store just a few blocks from where I was staying, so I had my prescription moved over. I figured I’d just get my refill early. This turned out to be a bad idea. […]
You’re unpleasant
There are people who try to work nontenure jobs, of course, but usually they’re nuts and have very dysfunctional personalities and lives, and are unpleasant to deal with, because they feel disrespected. No idea at all why they would feel disrespected.
Tuesday Shoesday
Native Tongue
In Native Tongue, women in a patriarchal society develop a new language, with new words to express new concepts, and teach it to their daughters in order to free themselves. In our society, oppressed groups also develop new language, though not quite so dramatically. Things like vocal fry, uptalk, “like.” When they use their altered […]