It’s probably the lack of nutmeg to make really great French Toast with. Or, failing that, the fact that what they’re getting is barely enough to sustain themselves without the opportunity to improve the living conditions. And also, no meat. But hey, the situation is so polemic and tragic that I just can’t help but [...]

It would be suicide not to follow my dreams.

What I’ve been reading lately Siege mentality – The wide world of fictional drugs – Language-related efforts to help out in Haiti – Note also the use of distributed technologies (twitter, etc.) Why condoms don’t offer real protection from STDs – Defending the Planet: NRC Final Report If this goofy WP plugin works the way [...]

On a lighter note than the last few posts, I’ll go ahead and call out the best of, a few worst of and other memorable moments from the year.  Best Video Game:Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’10. It has literally sucked entire work-weeks out of me. Best Movie I watched in 2009:Primer. I’m behind the times. [...]

My experience with a prostitute – a feminist perspective I was on vacation in Atlantic City – a two-week break from my year-long deployment in Iraq. At about 3 a.m., I ran into and eventually had drinks with a woman who I eventually brought up to my room, thinking this was going to be a [...]

School and life have been incredibly busy these last couple of weeks. I will get around to compiling some of it (mostly philosophy and linguistics gibberish, but I think there is some literary and sociology stuff mixed in) in the next week or so. Things are going to be necessarily quiet around here because I’m [...]

Milwaukee man arrested in connection to 9 killings MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man whose DNA authorities say linked him to the slayings of nine women since 1986 has been charged with two counts of homicide, with more charges expected later this week, police and prosecutors said Monday. Walter E. Ellis, 49, was taken into [...]

I have been catching myself exhibiting the same mannerisms that my father does. I say the same cliches, react to ridiculous statements with the same combination of disdain and cynicism and manage to be mellow about just about anything. We don’t agree on politics at all, really – he’s a raging liberal who somehow managed [...]

Swatara Township restaurant owner feeds the unemployed The United States welcomed John Pham in 1979 when he was a child and had moved from Vietnam to make a new life. Now Pham, owner of Ninh Kieu restaurant in Swatara Township, wants to return the favor. “This country has been good to me,” said Pham, 40. [...]

Are We Recording? Hit Record.: I can see excellent reasons for allowing drug experiences to unfold as ephemera. I get it. I really do. But when it comes down to it we need more data, damn it, and I feel like I have a duty to the community to gather as much information as I [...]