our justice system, for good or ill, is not only or even primarily about rehabilitation. it is also about retribution. that’s why we still have and ise the death penalty, even though most other countries in the world do not.

same! i’ve always assumed “to [insert activity] like a girl” meant “to [insert activity] while clutching boobs.”

i might fall out of my chair just looking at the pictures. yikes!

holy shit!

i saw weiner and it was really good! one interesting angle of the film is “the press as animals” theme, which reminded me of the amy winehouse doc. also, weiner is both insightful and obtuse in examining himself on camera. and huma! every scene with huma i was holding my breath. it’s rare to see two people in such a…

how could they charge her credit card without her consent?

Non-fatal strangulation is a major risk factor for homicide of women. It increases the odds of being a homicide victim seven-fold. I wonder what evidence exists to demonstrate the success of this six month batterers program at reducing domestic violence...

my childhood toy poodle, all ten pounds of him, scared some big dudes who came to the door while i was home alone. i could hear one of them say, that dog looks mean. he wasn’t wrong.

and also undercooked turkey! (thanks for the salmonella, granny.) if it’s pink, you should rethink.

this study just showed an association and did not attempt to delineate causality. however, the non-fatal strangulation and the homicide or attempted homicide were separate events that happened at different times, and the later homicide may have been the result of strangulation or something else such as a gunshot…

strangulation is an especially serious form of domestic violence and a major risk factor for homicide. being a victim of non-fatal strangulation increases the risk of being a murder victim by 7 times.

it could at least be a litmus test of sorts, because if they don’t think sushi cat island is awesome, they are hopeless.

i teach elementary school, and on fridays right before dismissal, i show a funny animal video. sushi cat island is a perennial favorite.

thou shalt not escape calumny, i think hamlet said.

that’s horrible!

oh, the irony of kenneth starr failing to investigate allegations of a sexual nature.

i believe it was prom 1993 when my date, while thrashing around in the ten-person “mosh pit” to nirvana, smacked heads with another person and split his forehead open. he thought his jagged wound would give him some credibility, but when my mom saw it she insisted we go to the er and get stitches. i held his hand…

athleta carries one of these!

showed my mom this picture, after explaining manspreading, and she said, that’ll teach ‘em!

i have never been sexually harassed by a cab driver, but i do seem to elicit weirdo political views. like, crazy rants about collusion between the guvment and construction companies. also some religious proseltyzing.