August 2011
From The Mind Of Nefarious Newt: Grafton, Vermont →
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Videos of the flooding in Grafton Vermont, my old stomping grounds - http://ping.fm/a0Orq - Now I’m sad. :-(
We moved around a bit when I was a kid, but I spent 3 years in Grafton. Those three years have always been my favorite when looking back. These videos,…
And my vacation in a few weeks just got more interesting - hope there were no casualties due to the flooding in VT.
New Orleans levees get a near-failing grade in new corps rating system →
nola.com
A new Army Corps of Engineers rating system for the nation’s levees is about to deliver a near-failing grade to New Orleans area dikes, despite the internationally acclaimed $10 billion effort to rebuild the system in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, corps officials have confirmed.
today is the six year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
And hurricane season is ramping up.
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“The world today does not understand, in either man or woman, the need to be alone. How inexplicable it seems. Anything else will be accepted as a better excuse. If one sets aside time for a business appointment, a trip to the hairdresser, a social engagement, or a shopping expedition, that time is accepted as inviolable. But if one says: I cannot come because that is my hour to be alone, one is considered rude, egotistical or strange. What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it — like a secret vice!”
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1955 (via likeproust)
I woudl rather quit smoking than try to not have alone time. Sometimes I take whole weekends to be alone. It’s incredibly necessary to my functioning as a human being.
USA Could Be Just 3 States Away from ERA →
womensenews.org
Now, as Women’s Equality Day rolls around yet again tomorrow—celebrating 91 years of U.S. women’s right to vote—the message of those banners needs resurrecting, but with a modern twist.
They should read: “Mr. President, How Long Must Women Wait for Equality?”
If President Barack Obama would get behind House Joint Resolution 47, his answer to us all could be: “Not long at all.”
“Last week Jennifer McKendrick, aka Jen McKen, discovered a Facebook group set-up by some local high school girls – clients of hers – that was being used to mock and shame their fellow female classmates, essentially an online “burn book” that “was beyond ‘your clothes are ugly’ or ‘you don’t have any brand clothes’ or ‘you are ugly, your hair is not right,” she told a local news outlet. “It was vicious. It was talking about sexuality,” she said. So McKen decided she wouldn’t photograph four students who were involved.”
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PA Photographer Makes Big Difference With Small Decision Not to Photograph Bullies | Strollerderby (via npr)
I want to say “atta girl”, but I really wonder how she got away with it contractually.
TMI
Sometimes, when I have my period and the ladies room @ work is crowded but deathly quiet, I like to make sure I make as much noise as possible inserting my menstrual cup. Just to weird everyone out.
