I hate to ask that question because, generally speaking, I get along pretty well with dudes. There isn’t a general parking lot where I work, just one for the higher ups. Because of that, I have to park a couple blocks away wherever I can find street parking. This is not a great situation, not …
Monthly Archive: June 2010
Jun 30 2010
FIFA Predictions for Quarter-Finals: Pretty Good
It only missed one — the US loss to Ghana. Everything else was dead on. That’s kind of neat. Of course, if that success rate continues I’ll be sad because it will mean that Forlan won’t win the World Cup.
Jun 29 2010
The Amaz!ng Meeting
I’m going. I gave in — what are credit cards for, right? I’ve been obsessing over it for 2 months, I figured I must actually want to go if I still care. I spent a lot of time debating if I wanted to go to TAM or get an iphone. Now the trick is to …
Jun 26 2010
World Cup Day 14, Day 15, Day 16
This is what my system of just trusting FIFA rankings predicts. What I want to happen is for Uruguay to win… Landon Donovan needs to be treated like a national hero, but it probably won’t happen. He’s had most world cup appearances and goals of any male US player. US v Ghana — how heartbreaking. …
Jun 24 2010
World Cup Day 12, Day 13
Halfway through the knockout we’ve got the following: Group A 1A: Uruguay!! 2A: Mexico! Out: S. Africa, France!! Group B 1B: Argentina 2B: S. Korea Out: Nigeria, Greece Group C 1C: USA!! 2C: England Out: Algeria, Slovenia Group D 1D: Germany 2D: Ghana Out: Serbia, Australia So, the first half of the games in the …
Jun 24 2010
Your Friendly Next Door Atheist, Please Don’t Evict Me
My apartment building has new project managers, who also happen to live next door to me. They are a very young, blonde couple with two very young blonde children. They are incredibly polite, though I do hear their baby crying all the time. They are, of course, god-botherers, having moved in here while he goes …
Jun 22 2010
Psychiatric Diagnoses are not voodoo
The Hazards of Psychiatric Diagnosis Read the whole thing if you want to understand my rage. Here’s the paragraph that made me stabby: Medical diagnoses are real. When you learn you have pneumonia, diabetes or even cancer, you quickly discover that there are potential remedies. There are scientific tests and studies to diagnose the disease …
Jun 21 2010
World Cup Day 9, Day 10, Day 11
So, the most important things we’ve learned in the last three days are. 1. Portugal kicked North Korea’s ass hardcore, and probably could’ve gotten more goals if it’d been more on target. 2. Spain seems to have regained its footing, its next game against Chile is important, but if they continue to play solidly they …
Jun 19 2010
World Cup Day 7, Day 8
So, I’m beginning to think that unless you’re from Central or South America, you’re just here to disappoint me. And I’m not sure that that’s even right because I wasn’t impressed with Brazil. Even the Germans, who looked unstoppable after their total destruction of Australia, have lost to a minor team. I guess that’s the …
Jun 19 2010
No Atheists in Foxholes
I wrote this a few weeks ago with the intention of polishing it up and posting then. Since I’d bothered to write it, I’m just going to post it as is. Recently, Leonard Pitts wrote about Jindal embracing big government when it was convenient. In doing so, he casually threw out the old canard that …
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Kate Donovan
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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