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[rm]

I am home, but Patty doesn't get home until the weekend-ish, so all is not quite right with the world yet.

There will be some interesting, accessible to the public, outgrowth of the conference stuff available soon. Soon, of course, as regards academic timelines, which I find to be geologically slow. More about that from my own perspective later, but for now, soon there will be stuff for you, also I will still post my notes.

Also need to write about the Martin Carthy gig.

I have to say, Virgin Atlantic handled the gluten-free meal requests MUCH better than Delta. I did get a roll yesterday that contained "gluten-free wheat starch" that I was too scared to eat, because gluten-attack on an airplane? NO WAY IN HELL DO I WANT THAT EXPERIENCE. Do any of the other celiacs reading this have any insight into "gluten-free wheat starch"? Is it derived from clean oats (which I can't eat anyway) or is it some other bizarreo process?

Thank you to everyone who posted auction items to graduate_maria while I was away. I'll try to check up on and update tags and stuff tonight, and bidding will open in a few days. People who have asked me to post items for them or host pictures, I will also try to get that in order tonight. Sorry for the delay, things have been overwhelming.

George Steinbrener has died.

I cannot believe all this drama about the possibility of a mosque near the WTC site is still ongoing.

Oh, this kid again. Teen serial thief arrested.

Paperwork fuckery is preventing a team of lacross players from the Iriquois Confederacy traveling to an international competition in Manchester because the UK gov't is worried the US won't allow them back into the country with their tribal passports. The US won't guarantee that they will. WTF?

The Son of Sam, his image makeover and a bunch of evangelical Christians.

Geese removed (via death) from Prospect Park in response to flight that ditched into Hudson a year and a half ago. 1. Ugh. 2. You know the thing with birds? They'll make more. Killing park geese isn't going to stop them from flying into airplanes.

The Advocate has starting putting up the Day in Gay America photos.

Big DADT trial begins today, thanks to the Log Cabin Republicans.

That damn writing meme going around. It told me it thought "Because Men Once Went West" is written like Stephen King. That would be no.

Since I can tell it's going to be that type of morning, and I've other stuff to do: Yes, I've seen the purported Torchwood casting sheet; no, I don't have anything to say about it at this time.

Comments

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Also American culture is chock full of double standards. A good example of this is how Mel Gibson is being dragged over the coals for using an inappropriate word, yet yesterday in a restaurant I heard the same word used 27 times ( yes I counted ) in a conversation at the table next to me, and heard it at just about every stop light from the car radio next to me.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Sure, we're full of double-standards, but it doesn't mean we should be catering to them.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, I'm just saying that the double standard re Islam is not a unique snowflake in American culture. It's not like they are being specifically targeted, it's just the way we are.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yes, Islam is specifically targeting, along with a long list of other groups and types of people. Today, I was talking about Islam. The fact that this sort of shit happens all the time doesn't make it less important to talk about or more effective to talk about all the groups it happens to all the time, if I'm trying to have a specific conversation about the reception of Islam in the US and in NYC in particular.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I'm not trying to place value / importance on anything. I'm just saying that we are guilty of piles upon piles of double standards. It seems to be the way things operate. I don't expressly agree with it, but that's how it is. I also agree we should not be catering to them, and we should be working towards eliminating them.