Continuing from yesterday… Replies Erin (Brace yourself, Erin: I’m going to gush a little. *coughcough* Ahem. ;) ) Thank goodness for folks like you, who…
Continue ReadingWomen, bad boys, blahblahblah: The Redux! part II
Continuing from yesterday… “Whatcha gonna do / When they come for you?” So why exactly does a bad boy seem to “get” more women? Leaving…
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I was going to simply reply to the comments I received concerning the Firestarter titled Why Do We Ask Why Women Seem to Prefer Bad…
Continue ReadingWhy Do We Ask Why Women Seem to Prefer Bad Boys to Nice Guys? part III
Read part I and part II of this article So no, I don’t think women like assholes better. I think it’s more they believe they…
Continue ReadingWhy Do We Ask Why Women Seem to Prefer Bad Boys to Nice Guys? part II
Read parts I and III of this article Our hypothetical young female will probably deeply internalize just how much she sucks. No one could possibly…
Continue ReadingWhy Do We Ask Why Women Seem to Prefer Bad Boys to Nice Guys? part I
Originally posted November 2003 Thanks for article inspiration to Jonathan, who pointed me to an LJ which made me initially start thinking about this. Thanks…
Continue ReadingFeminism & the Bible: Examining the Christian Myth of Creation
Originally written in the early 1990’s for an absolutely amazing class on the bible as history and literature. My later notes, to clarify the paper,…
Continue Reading“What is friendship?” redux
I’ve changed somewhat in the handful of years since I wrote the Firestarter titled “What is Friendship?” I like to think my opinions have grown…
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Originally posted October 2003 I ask this question because I’ve always had fairly strong ideas about “real” friendship, as opposed to simple acquaintanceship. To me…
Continue ReadingBabbage Difference Engine #2
Just got back from the opening weekend of the newest exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. The museum’s in the old…
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