What can be done

The overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court is disheartening, nauseating, disturbing; an act of sexual violence against women writ large, simultaneously a symbolic sexual assault of every woman in America and a stripping away of privacy and rights to healthcare and bodily autonomy. Women now have less rights in America than a… Continue reading What can be done

Trigger warning

It’s time to repeal the Second Amendment. There, yes, I said it. It’s a poorly-worded, grammatically ambiguous (at best) concession of a “right” that is neither inalienable nor logical, written into the Bill of Rights by white men of privilege who also believed it was acceptable to own other human beings (who they didn’t even… Continue reading Trigger warning

There’s a Steampunk Festival in Weed, CA

Chalk this one up under “events I did not expect”: Weed, California has an annual Steampunk Festival, and it returns this year on May 21-22. Yep, the same town that hosts an annual 420 Festival (on April 20, naturally) somehow has a festival celebrating steampunk. Because of course it does. Weed has about 2,900 people,… Continue reading There’s a Steampunk Festival in Weed, CA

If you’re a Trump supporter, you might as well unfriend me now.

Pretty much what that says. I’m done with it. Everything just keeps getting worse; every bad instinct we had, every worst case scenario we predicted about the little dictator occupying the White House has been proven true—and then some. The Oval Office is occupied by a racist, anti-Semitic, illiterate, ignorant, criminal, compromised, fascist, rapey pedophile… Continue reading If you’re a Trump supporter, you might as well unfriend me now.

No.

With the inauguration making it official, and “real,” I had to write something. Right now we are in the midst of the strangest, most ridiculous moments in United States history that I’ve experienced in my lifetime—and, some say, maybe ever. I don’t know about “ever” but it certainly feels unprecedented. Perhaps people living through the… Continue reading No.

My Douglas Adams year

A few weeks ago I turned 42, which prompted my friend Paul to declare I was entering my “Douglas Adams year.” (Though somewhat worryingly, one of his other analogy-years was 33, because that’s how old John Belushi and Chris Farley were when they died… Douglas Adams died at age 49. Hmmmmm.) 2014 was an eventful year,… Continue reading My Douglas Adams year

Ringing out 2012

I hope everyone has had a good year; for my part I think 2012 was pretty darn good overall. Obviously if you’ve been following this particular blog for the past year (or more) then you’ll note that I haven’t posted much (once a month, on average); a big part of the reason for that is… Continue reading Ringing out 2012

The big four-oh

So today—which as I write this, is nearly over—is my birthday, and most people know it was a momentous one: 40. That’s right, one of the Big Ones. (From 30 onward they all get counted in tens, of course.) What’s funny is I’ve been mentally rounding my age up the past few months anyway, so… Continue reading The big four-oh

The most epic spam email ever

So I got this spam a little while back, and I couldn’t resist sharing. Here, in its entirety: December 21, 2012: Mayan Galactic Alignment Once in 26,000 years Celebrate the end of the Mayan Calendar, the Sun aligning with the center of the Galaxy, and the 2012 Winter Solstice. Greetings , The “2012 Mayan Galactic… Continue reading The most epic spam email ever

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