On Life and Love
Whatever is making or breaking my day.
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Pity Serves No End
I recently started attending an ethical explorations group that’s reading and discussing the 1998 book Drugs, edited by Jeffrey Schaler, and while I’m thoroughly enjoying the banter and ideas being spouted, two things have gotten my back up in my first two sessions: Ageism against youth, and Dehumanization of drug users
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Weekly Linkage: A Baby, A Baby on the Edge, and A Not-Baby
First, a video: Ze Frank himself describes this as "both terrifying and fascinating", which says something. I’m surprised the people in the park didn’t react more strongly. Just two more links:
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Convalescing with Movies
I managed to get sick this weekend, meaning I watched entirely too many movies… including some lousy movies. First, the good, though: Welcome to Sajjanpur I’m not at all sure why they bothered with the frame story of Mahadev being a novelist–it weakened the message of the story, especially given the true fates of some of the characters. That said, some supplementary research taught me about hijra in India–called eunuchs on IMDB, but not specifically labeled in the movie.
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Weekly Linkage
This week’s internet cruising: The Perry Bible Fellowship: Game System – Not a console system I want to take up, thanks. Doctors are human | The Incidental Economist – Any time an article about scientific research includes the statement, “Let’s ignore the ethical implications of this for a moment and marvel in scientific wonder,” you know you’re reading something good. Ultra-strange encounter with a client at the supermarket – I always worried about running into certain clients in my personal errands for just this reason. And last but certainly not least: “My Fingers Stopped Working 3 Years Ago”.
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Simple Recipes for Tastiness
Joining the CSA last month has transformed our kitchen into a palace of happiness. …Well, maybe not such a huge transformation. But we’re definitely cooking differently. For instance, Greg now keeps stock bags: one contains the unwanted bits from vegetables (stems and ends and skins), another contains the bones (etc.) from chickens that we eat. These live in the freezer until we have need of a stock, and then are boiled into bliss to produce either veggie or chicken stock. Having very little waste as a result of cooking greens or chard is pretty damn awesome. Having tasty stock (spiced as we desire) whenever we want: priceless. It beats trying…