*Cough* Feminism 24 Aug 2013 | 08:38 am

Can I just say, notwithstanding anything else (because, God, let’s face it, the cast of characters is getting way too big to follow), I wish Good Luck to Chelsea Manning, formerly of Bradley fame, and...

Alan Titchmarsh Reads! 17 Aug 2013 | 09:06 am

Amazing Bible Stories! I’m going on a small car trip tomorrow with The Child and was looking up books on tape on iTunes (remember those cassettes that came with Disney storybooks? yeah they don’t exi...

Aethelflaed, the Lady of Mercia 15 Aug 2013 | 08:23 am

See, the trouble with the entire world, really, is that we live with the internet, wherein I know that there’s this TV documentary airing, even if it is airing in a different country, but I still know...

Peter Recommends CXLV 14 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm

I love this. Because kids’ movies are SO BAD: The Atlantic – You Can Do Anything: Must Every Kids’ Movie Reinforce the Cult of Self-Esteem? Encouraging kids is fine, but films like Planes and Turbo ...

Two Threes 11 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm

Becoming Chinese 6 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm

So this is very good, and although it’s long (although, not as long as I thought it would be; I was reading it this morning on my phone and emailed it to myself to finish later because I thought I was...

Why Can’t We Burn Trash? 6 Aug 2013 | 09:19 pm

(And pave the roads with the greasy soot residue?) Sweden imports waste from European neighbors to fuel waste-to-energy program

#twittersilence 5 Aug 2013 | 08:40 am

God I’m bored. Twitter is a lovely, lovely place. I don’t understand people who can’t get into Twitter. I used to work for a lady who was (HAH) spearheading the (HAH) social (HAH HAH) outreach for the...

In My Glorious Rule… (II) 3 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm

Rich people would be forced to contribute to public works. Why, in the Bay Area, where houses (albeit large ones, but nothing particularly old or historic or haunted or with a moat) sell for a hundred...

In My Glorious Rule… 3 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm

We would build miles of neighborhoods like these (near suburban train stations, downtown cores, over deserted and hideous strip malls…) SF Girl by Bay – LITTLE HOUSES OF WESTLAKE. They’re all 2 or 3...