*sigh*

Just talked to Patty in Oman.

She's still sick. It sounds like your basic, but totally horrible flu but she's pretty much sleeping most of the time, and the doctors there sound good, but I can't say I like this one bit. She'll be fine, but I am worried.

Oh yes and the three letters and a postcard she sent? None have arrived yet.

But hey, 4 weeks.

6.5 to go.

Voice Post

and in the news

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1874955,00.html?cnn=yes

Random "facts" in the above:

- Boys with unpopular names are more likely to commit delinquent acts.
- Parents with less schooling are more likely to give their boys unpopular names.
- Geoffrey is apparently an unusual spelling (er, really?)
- For the _riverside kids, you might like to know that "Alec" was also a name linked with unpopularity and delinquent acts.

The whole thing made me want to punch someone in the face.

But then, I'm named Racheline. See how often that comes up in US Census data.

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Meanwhile. A world without men!

The New York Times is at it again. I've haven't read it yet, and it's liable to at least be marginally interesting. But the paper's fiaxation with upperclass motherhood (this time kid-centered moms intentionally without men in their lives) is getting more than a little tiring.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/magazine/01Moms-t.html


And then this article which includes the phrase "lost tribes of lesbians."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/fashion/01womyn.html?hp

Most infurating, this quote:

As the impulse to withdraw from heterosexual society has lost its appeal to younger lesbians, womyn’s lands face some of the same challenges as Catholic convents that struggle to attract women to cloistered lives.

Yeah, lesbians are just like nuns. Except we fuck, thank you. I hate this shit.


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Finally, this personal essay could have been shit. But it's comedy gold and quite magical, although I found myself reading it with an eye to editing it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/magazine/01lives-t.html