January 2011
23 posts
There Scalia Goes Again
Justice Scalia is now getting attention for his outlandish view, expressed in an interview in the magazine California Lawyer, that the promise of equal protection in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment does not extend to protecting women against sex discrimination. Legislatures may outlaw sex discrimination, Justice Scalia suggested, but if they decided to enact laws sanctioning such unfair...
GOOD.is | Food Pyramid Submissions (Raw Image)
via awesome.good.is very cool - just need a vegetarian version Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
speak, march, dream
Snatched from a friend’s facebook walltell me you don’t matter to a universe that conspired to give you such a tongue, such rhythm or rhythmless hips, such opposable thumbs – give thanks or go home a waste of spark speak or let the maker take back your throat march or let the creator rescind your feet dream or let your god destroy your good and fertile mindthis is your warning / this...
Sweet Disposition - ink
via youtube.com I find this sensual and sexy to a degree that very few people would understand lol. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
How Traumatic Events Change Our View Of Language :...
read the article npr.org I’ve always been fascinated by words - especially how we use them to our advantage. This is a good article. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
No McMansions for Millennials - Yahoo! Real Estate
Here’s what Generation Y doesn’t want: formal living rooms, soaker bathtubs, dependence on a car. In other words, they don’t want their parents’ homes. Much of this week’s National Association of Home Builders conference has dwelled on the housing needs of an aging baby boomer population. But their children actually represent an even larger demographic. An...
My Struggle Today | onehandclapping
My daughter came home from school recently with a worksheet that described life before and after Martin Luther King Jr. One side of the sheet had statements like “Before Dr. King African-American children couldn’t go to the same school as white children. Was that fair?” while the other side said “Now African-American and white children can go to school together. Is this fair?” The...
new year update...(?)
I’ve been very good at sending out digital cards and updates most years for the past several but apparently that completely slipped my mind this year.I do this mostly for my own records but it’s also nice to point friends and family to it when they ask what’s up with the Fishers. 2010 (with stuff rolling over from 2009) was probably the most challenging year for our family. David...
kindness often comes in the wake of tragedy
Warning: navel gazing ahead.I’ve noticed something about religious people in my 30+ years as a person of faith, much of that spent in an extreme element of Christianity - they often get much more kind and gentle and less dogmatic when the real world comes at them from the side, usually in the form of some tragedy but often just when they get blindsided by something about which they’re...
'Blood libel': Sarah Palin uses a phrase with...
‘Blood libel’ has particular, painful meaning to Jewish people The phrase used by Sarah Palin against her detractors usually refers to the false accusations made for centuries against Jews, often to malign them as child murderers — and sometimes leading to massacres of their communities. ...
Double Take 'Toons: Tucson Shooting : NPR
via npr.org Really great political cartoons Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Meat: Sometimes 'Sustainable,' Never Okay - James...
via theatlantic.com My husband and kids are omnivores and I recognize the nuances of food ethics so I’m not really interested in debates. I just wanted to share this piece because I think it’s an interesting perspective. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
After Death, Protecting Your 'Digital Afterlife' :...
via npr.org important stuff to think about…especially if your’e a blogger. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Gupta: What helped Giffords survive brain shot –...
via pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com wow. amazing. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
No Knead Pizza Dough: Pear and Gorgonzola...
via steamykitchen.com After having made about 6 loaves of the basic no-knead bread, I’m checking out the book from the library that is referenced in all these recipes. I mean, seriously, can life get better than being able to make flat bread or challah or pecan rolls on a whim? No, it really doesn’t. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Rabbi Alan Lurie: The Allure of Narcissistic...
… To understand spiritual narcissism we must first understand the word “spirituality.” My acting definition is, “The experience of a transformative connection.” In other words, spirituality is experienced — it is not a concept or construct. It transforms us. It changes how we act, think and feel in all environments. And it is a connection — a...
Gyptian: Tiny Desk Concert : NPR
via npr.org gorgeous music Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Focus on the Family Goes After LGBT Students |...
For the last few days, an “educational analyst” for Focus on the Family has been getting a lot of press. She’s been suggesting that anti-bullying efforts that draw attention to the harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students are part of a “gay agenda” to “sneak homosexuality lessons into classrooms.” One can argue, as some have, that Focus on the Family is a fringe...
No Reagan - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
via andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com It’s so interesting how our perceptions can get so off-track. This stuff happens EVERY SINGLE ADMINISTRATION. No matter who the president is. And yet we seem to forget every single time. So silly. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Falling birds likely died from massive trauma
via cnn.com this whole story is just so bizarre. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Vietnam's Mammoth Cavern - Photo Gallery -...
see all the amazing photos here ngm.nationalgeographic.com i can’t get enough of these photos. It boggles the mind. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »