http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:45 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:45 Some, though not all, right-wingers are sociopaths: people who may appear sincere and charming, but are completely incapable of of putting themselves in others' shoes, and relate to human beings only as things to be manipulated. You don't find the really intelligent ones in prison, but in the higher... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/65 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:45:32 I was doing some last minute grocery shopping yesterday, and passed a display of gift cards. They had all kinds: $tarbucks$, Bed Bath and Beyond, iTunes, etc. I thought "aha!" and picked out a grocery store coupon for my son: he can always use groceries, right (if not he can always blow it on beer)?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/64 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:16:38 A couple was getting married in my church. Both were male. That's not weird in the least - Unitarians have been joining same sex couples for decades. What was odd was that several DU'ers were there - you and ThomCat were most visible. There was also another uninvited guest who quietly sat in the las... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/62 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:54:07 The universe is big enough that, statistically speaking, sooner or later there had to be an inhabited planet. There would be a planet of the right mass, and the right composition that was just the right distance from the right kind of star of the right size that eventually a collection of molecules ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/61 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:34:39 Handing out Democratic literature to voters.

I have been rooting for the Democrats since 1968, when I first knocked on doors for Eugene McCarthy, and I have [b]never[/b] seen anything like this. The parking lot of the library where the voting took place, and that of the church next door was const... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/60 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:24:21 And I am PISSED! How [b]dare[/b] John McCain describe himself as a "Pro-Life" candidate! Do women's lives not matter a hoot to him and the abominable Ms. Palin? This is the man that thinks that invading a country that has never attacked us is just a dandy idea. What about the hundreds of thousands o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/58 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:21:50 I sometimes suspect that Sarah's whole "Hockey Mom/PTA President" persona is going to backfire. Those of us who have or have had school age children [b]know[/b] that kind of woman. She's the Room Mother who bullies us into producing 48 cupcakes with a day's notice. She's the PTA President who's obse... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/57 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:07:57 Well actually the dog woke me up to tell me there was a CAT! In the HOUSE! As there has been for the past fifteen years. Oddly, she doesn't object to the new one, it's the old one she barks at. But rather than going back to sleep, I went out and bought gas. Because the gas stations were freakin' [b]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/56 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:46:58 Picture from the front page of the local paper showing party of McCain supporters last night...

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Party I attended on night of Obama's address to DNC...

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff220/FloridaJudy/Obamapa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/55 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:55:41 At the time they were calling it a Category 3, and I remember thinking "Holy shit! If this is a "three", I don't wanna know what a "five" is like!" We'd taken in everything that wasn't nailed down, but that wasn't enough. I remember looking outside and seeing satellite dishes being blown about like ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/54 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:55:03 When the Big Book Thumpers dogmatically proclaim that if something upsets me, it's because there's something wrong with me. [i]Excuse me?[/i] I'm not raping and mutilating children in Darfur. I'm not using the Bill of Rights as toilet paper. I'm not clubbing baby seals and bulldozing rainforests. I'... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/53 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:47:23 That my niece - who is black - is probably more "American" than the rest of my family, including me. The rest of our ancestors came over during the last century: hers have been here many, many generations.

McSame and his followers have a really warped view of what an American is. I'll clue them i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/52 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:56:39 I almost called the cops on my way through the parking lot just now - thank the gods I understand Spanish! I saw a large man struggling with a woman who was flailing about. When I yelled "Need any help?" she yelled back at me (in Spanish) that she was pregnant and her belly hurt. I offered to call a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/51 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:47:16 As far as I was concerned, Anna was a shallow airhead, and Vronsky was the Upper Class Twit of the Year. Sure, her marriage was a loveless sham, but [i]Vronsky[/i]? Sheesh, his horse would have been a better conversationalist, and been more ethical to boot. You can only spend so much time between th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/50 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:51:21 That advertises "Christian Auto Repair". That always makes me scratch my head and ponder. Does that mean they won't work on Buddhist or Hindu cars (well, I guess that rules out Hyundais and Tatas)? Do they hold prayer circles for your busted manifold? Lay hands on your burnt-out alternator? Put holy... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/49 Mon, 19 May 2008 03:48:03 Where women only have sex because [b]they[/b] want to: no rape, no coercive/abusive spouses or boyfriends. Where there are free clinics within walking/public transportation distance that keep hours to accommodate all working women. Where teenagers know all about the different methods of contraceptio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/48 Sun, 18 May 2008 09:33:54 And repeat to yourself "It's only hair...". Sure, we tie a lot of our self image to it, and as a hair-challenged individual (ultra fine, ultra straight, and thinning), I've suffered through my share of disastrous haircuts: I'll see your q-tip and raise you one nuclear fall-out victim. But even at it... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/47 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:04:09 My parent's had to live a bit more frugally than most because they had small children (birth control and abortion weren't as available in the forties and fifties) and ailing parents. But this sort of reduced, cost-trimming standard of living isn't uncommon for people finishing their degrees.

I r... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/46 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:14:14 My parents were graduate students. They had scholarships (remember them?) and held part-time jobs to keep groceries on the table. My dad also had the GI bill, and they bought a run-down house with a GI loan, so we had a roof - albeit a leaky one - over our head. We also had my maternal grandparents ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/45 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:11:55 Compare. Kid wakes up hungry in the middle of the night...

[u]Bottle method:[/u]
1) Go to kitchen.
2) Remove cold bottle of formula - which you have previously mixed using sterile procedure - from fridge.
3) Fill pan with warm water.
4) Place bottle in pan, and place pan on stove. Turn on bur... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/44 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:07:04 It usually involves intimidating some poor slob working at minimum wage under conditions that already suck.

Now if someone pranked the CEO or the head of HR - or some other jerk in a position of power - [i]that[/i] would be funny. I have more than a few former bosses I'd like to hear get the Nic... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/43 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:37:49 I find there's nothing like creating something with my own hands to get me out of a funk. For me it's almost a Zen thing, becoming one with the materials, seeing how they work together - or don't - and putting my best efforts into the process. And when you're done, you'll have something unique - som... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/42 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:36:07 From High School, and that was over 40 years ago. There was a girl who came from a poor, Fundamentalist family that had about 14 kids. Wendy (not her real name) had really bad acne, and some sort of neurological or mental disorder. She always came to school in unkempt ragged condition, and was prone... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/41 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:50:14 Never heard "Judge not, lest ye be judged". I think some itinerant Rabbi said it: nobody of importance, from a working class family. He got involved with a really bad crowd - criminals, outcasts, loose women and the like. I think I heard recently that he came to a rather unhappy end himself, just a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/40 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:27:54 "Karma" does [b]not[/b] mean "fate". It's the Sanskrit word for "action", and means pretty much what Newton's law does: actions create reactions. The Universe doesn't shower you with good fortune if you're good - despite whatever godsawful piece of tripe is being shilled on Oprah - nor does it neces... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FloridaJudy/39 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:11:39