Domestic Violence 2: Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones...
but words will break my heart.I'm prompted to write this diary for a couple of reasons. The first is that in my first DV diary, this subject came up and a few people expressed a desire for further...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 3: Google Does the Right Thing Without Being Asked
I wasn't planning to do another of these so soon after my last one, but I got an email today that prompted me to put this together. The email came from the staff of the Safety Net Project at the...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 4: The Chinese Wall, Part 1
From the American Heritage Dictionary: Chinese walln. A barrier, especially one that seriously hinders communication or understanding: "still believe a Chinese wall can exist between public and...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 5: The Chinese Wall, Part 2
If you didn't read Part 1 of this mini-series, I recommend you do so. You will find it here.This is the story of a fellow Kossack, as told to me in a series of recent emails. The words in blockquotes...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 6: In Which Your Intrepid Diarist Meets Some Perps
I went tonight, as an observer, to an Impact Panel. This is a monthly get-together of various people who work in DV (police, therapists, etc.), a couple of DV survivors, and a whole bunch of convicted...
View ArticleImpeachment Tipping Point: With Poll!
The past 24 hours have been absolutely fascinating. George Bush commuting Scooter Libby's sentence has led to a blogospheric outcry that I think rivals anything I've seen to date.I don't really have...
View ArticleA Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity for Congress
They'll fuck it up, of course, because they're fucking useless, but right now they have the chance to take back their power and to stop the runaway train that is the Bush Administration.This is going...
View ArticleCivil Disobedience 1: An Eye for an Eye Makes the Whole World Blind
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the State becomes lawless or, which is the same thing, corrupt. -- Mahatma Gandhi::Lately, I'm seeing diaries about protests -- people who take a sign and...
View ArticleThis is Going to End in Tears: Disgusting Phishing Scam
I got the below email earlier today. It's the second time in a month I've received such an email. The first time I deleted it in disgust. This time I'm hopping mad, and I'll tell you why below the...
View ArticleI Need a Computer Genius, and Fast
UPDATE Saturday 9:30 a.m. PDT: Due to popular demand, I'm not taking this diary down. The geeks are having too much fun with it.Steps taken so far: When I got home last night I opened the case on...
View ArticleI Need a Computer Genius: Part Deux
I've just posted an update to yesterday's call for help. Since that one has long since scrolled off the list, and since I was asked to keep all you wunnerful geeks apprised of the situation, I thought...
View ArticleCivil Disobedience 2: Marching on Washington
I'm moved to write this in response to OPOL's latest diary, in which a march on Washington, currently being organized for September 15, is discussed.This is going to be a very personal diary, because...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 7: Dogfighting=Bad; Spousal Abuse=Not So Much
I'm prompted to write this diary because of the controversy surrounding Michael Vick. Vick has accepted a plea agreement on a federal dogfighting charge that, when filed on Monday, may land him in...
View ArticleHi, Howard!
I just got the latest email from the DNC. It made me want to puke -- well, the first bit did, at any rate.
View ArticleYour Favorite Movie that Nobody's Ever Heard Of
I'm in crunch mode at work and have spent the last four hours staring at spreadsheets. Consequently, my brain is mush and I desperately need a distraction.
View ArticleSaturday P.M. Work Avoidance: Desert Island Discs
For the second Saturday in a row, I'm working -- once again staring at spreadsheets until it feels like my brain's going to melt, and once again desperately in need of a distraction for a while.
View ArticleA Short Note to the Edwards Supporters Around Here
This is going to be a very short diary, because I don't have time to write a long one. Deal.
View ArticleAnother day, another wingnut email.
I don't think my mother realizes that when she forwards me this crap, my blood pressure ticks up about ten points. Or maybe she just doesn't care.
View ArticleWinter Solstice 2007: The True Meaning of the Season
I posted this last year, and decided to repost it again today.:::Today marks the winter solstice.The solstice has been honored and celebrated for millenia by cultures all over the world -- the ancient...
View ArticleFestivus 2007: The Airing of Grievances
If one is to consider how much airing of grievances goes on around here, one could assert that on Daily Kos, every day is Festivus.Daily Kos: The Blog For The Rest Of Us [Democrats].Anyway.I decided...
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