November 30, 2017
This is a really old news bit but it made me laugh inside so here is yet another good argument for my not dressing up in costume ever – this women’s group dressed up as pirates to get in the spirit for a talk they were hearing about pirates. Specifically the man who was held hostage by them….
My beloved Grandma (not to be confused with the mean abusive or negligent ones) ate this every morning: “Diep Tran, the Vietnamese-American chef of Good Girl Dinette in Los Angeles, told me that she wishes she could serve a breakfast of nothing but baguette accompanied by condensed milk diluted with hot water, for dipping. “It’s refugee food,” she said. “Proustian, kind of like Spam. But people get upset; they think they’re being ripped off.””
Representation matters: “The whole reason why it’s so difficult to raise a child and have a career in Japan is because there are no women with children involved in the decision-making process,” she said. “I’m determined to change that.”
I Shalane my professional relationships to help young women grow in the field even while I build my career. There’s every good reason to give support this way – the people you nurture will do the same for others and create a far better community.
Ohh I’m excited for Marvel’s Runaways, and Nico! She’s a fantastic character.
Kieran Gillan on plots that twist and audiences that guess what’s next.
Lucy Bellwood’s post on how and how much she made from an illustration gone viral is greatly relevant to my interests. It’s pretty fascinating to see how conversion happens and how little it happens.
November 23, 2017
Opera is a mystery to me but this article on the highest notes sung at the Met was still fascinating. I’d like to see an opera just to experience it but I wonder what I should bone up on to be able to follow it.
How many more players have to die of or suffer from CTE before this country stops worshiping football, I wonder.
Educators who don’t think they have a professional and moral obligation not to pursue their students as dating material make me sick and should be fired. It’s appalling full stop.
This spoiler free movie review of Thor:Ragnorak is beautiful and now I want to see it.
As someone who views the ocean with a whole lot of suspicion, this perspective on expected sea level rises makes me want to sell and move to the middle of the country.
This is an oldie but goodie from Bitches Get Riches on the Subjectivity of Wealth.
Lobstering in Maine, a legacy and identity
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November 16, 2017
Does Disney pay its fair share to the City of Anaheim?
A Japanese company called Family Romance hires out actors to play all kinds of roles and I had to wonder if this was real?? For the most part it seems harmless but some examples are horrifying. He’s playing a fake parent to a girl who has no idea he’s not her actual father. I’m reeling from revelations about my actual father and am imagining how incensed I would be to have been deceived at this level growing up. And I don’t understand renting an infant to present a grandchild to your parent. Isn’t the jig going to be up when you walk in still fully pregnant?? The fourth trimester doesn’t leave you THAT bloated.
Working mothers and their daughters talk: Ting added a bit of humor: “One of her main ambitions in life is to get paid more than my dad. It’s kind of mean, but what she was saying is that she wants to be respected as much as everyone else.” (that’s me!)
Doesn’t anyone feel like a cartoon villain when they talk like this?: “You’re all going to lose your heads over this!”
What’s your splurge? Donna asks. I haven’t splurged exactly, we’ve just been buying necessities. Oh, food. I bought Brie last month and it’s heavenly. We had to buy a bed and mattress for our guest room – we already have about 14 days of guests planned for the next three months. Possibly more.