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So, world travel and shit. See previous post. Also we leave for the UK on Thursday. And Patty is a dear and is calling the airline for several reasons including trying to get a gluten-free meal for me.

We had a fabulous dinner last night at Cafeteria. I know it's a bit played out, but it was a great time and the spicy roast chicken was actually spicy and fabulous. Afterwards, we went to Burdick's for cocoa.

Got asked to contribute to an anthology related to a given set of media properties this morning. Go go gadget go.

It's Elevenses Day!

Some elements of the radical right fringe are even fringier than we thought. Or something. coyotegoth explains.

Jews around the world react to the pope's personal preacher comparing the world anger at the church of sex-abuse scandals to the persecution of Jews. On the long list of things that are not like sexually abusing children: being a Jew. People, my family is Catholic and Jewish. This has personal, extremely unpleasant and awkward repercussions for us and the Vatican saying that this is not their position? Meaningless.

Cracking down on unpaid internships. Right on.

An update to the preppy handbook. While meant to be tongue-in-cheek then and now, it was regarded as no joke in the world I grew up in. We read it cover to cover to learn how to be our parents and summer damn well was a verb. I'm discomforted by it's reappearance, and the Times's framing of the article, but then it wasn't meant for people like me. (Also, did I see that right, the Times somehow thinks being Jewish fits in the world of Chip and Muffy? They'd be wrong. And trust me, I'd know). *shudder*

With the werewolves in (that I fear are going need major edits), we're back to Buffy.

Buffy 4.13 "The I in Team" and Buffy 4.14: "Goobye Iowa": ( Read more... )