Everyone should be reading my friend Sumner’s blog, Trancender. Its a reflective, critical analysis of her experiences with gender. She is brilliant. You can read it here.[...]
Archive for the ‘Hodge Podge’ Category
February 17th, 2011 - 9:52 am § in Hodge Podge
Two Great Voices out of Iowa
19 year old Zach Wahls: and 80 year old Jean Argus[...]
November 18th, 2010 - 1:22 pm § in Animals, Hodge Podge
A Plea
I have a quick message/plea for you. The folks at Pet Project Rescue [where I got my Emma] are working with Minneapolis Animal Control in order to find homes for lost or abandoned cats and dogs. Unfortunately they do not have enough foster families to take in all the animals currently abandoned [...]
September 15th, 2010 - 8:04 pm § in Hodge Podge
Adventures in Teaching
For the first time in a long time, I’m teaching my own classes this semester. I may have to temporarily change the name of this blog to ‘adventures in teaching’ to share my silly stories from the day. Today, I had a new experience as a teacher. About a half hour into a 2.5 hour [[...]
July 30th, 2010 - 2:40 pm § in Hodge Podge
Better Late than Never
I just wanted to write this note to, once again, thank everyone who donated to my Red Ribbon Ride, and to let you know how the weekend went. On Thursday, we rose bright at early at 4 am in order to get to the Mall of America in time for the opening ceremony and the [...][...]
July 8th, 2010 - 4:30 pm § in GLBT, Hodge Podge
Two News Items
First, the good news. A federal court in Massachusetts found key elements of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in violation of the tenth (states rights) and fifth (equal protection) amendments. We’ll see what happens now. Secondly, it turns out that all us professor-types are right: today[...]
July 7th, 2010 - 6:58 pm § in GLBT, Hodge Podge
We Did It! and other news
Thank you to everyone who is supporting the Different Spokes for Different Folks cycling team in the Red Ribbon Ride. We made our fundraising goal! Stay tuned for news from the road. If you aren’t aware, we will be biking 300 miles from July 15th-18th to raise money for local HIV and AIDS [...]
June 3rd, 2010 - 6:52 pm § in Hodge Podge
BP Oil Contamination Photos
Think Progress » The pictures BP doesn’t want you to see. I don’t think this needs any comment.[...]
May 30th, 2010 - 9:47 am § in Hodge Podge
Red Ribbon Ride – Need Support
If you don’t know, this summer (July 14th-18th) I’m participating in the Red Ribbon Ride. This entails biking 300 miles in four days across southern Minnesota to raise money for organizations that provide services to people with HIV and AIDS. They include the African American AIDS Ta[...]
Do We Even Need Wall Street?
Someone please explain to me why we need Wall Street. From what I understand, Wall Street is simply a way for rich people to get richer under the guise of helping all people achieve wealth without work. Plenty of nations have existed without Wall Street/NYSE type operations. So, why do we need it?[...]