Really? From an almost hour long conversation with Community 2 Community Development where they discussed blatant racism and inequality in our community KGMI thought “hateful tortillas […] with silly message” was the most newsworthy? What about the banner saying “Diversity == White Genocide” that was hung just a week ago in our community! That is …

The Bellingham Mystery Tortilla Appreciation Society got accused of being racist again, this time on a Bellingham radio show discussing racism in our community. So I wrote a thoughtful and lengthy reply on why I don’t think mystery tortillas are racist. Click through to read. If you want to catch the portion from the show …

Academic anthropologists discussing anthropologist conference fashion. It took me a while to decide if they were being sarcastic or not, and got a couple good laughs along the way.Conference Chic, or, How to Dress Like an Anthropologist By Carole McGranahan with Kate Fischer, Rachel Fleming, Willi Lempert, and Marnie Thomson Wondering what to wear to …

Weston is planning a trip to Seattle, WA. TripIt – Free online trip planner and free travel itinerary website for organizing vacations, group trips or business travel cross-posted on Facebook

Weston is planning a trip to Newark, NJ. TripIt – Free online trip planner and free travel itinerary website for organizing vacations, group trips or business travel cross-posted on Facebook

Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It’s Not a Democracy Scientists have proven that our government is far from what we believe. cross-posted on Facebook

I just blazed through 2 seasons of Call the Midwife and it is excellent. Set in post-WWII’s poverty stricken East London, it looks at issues of poverty, reproductive rights, and gender power dynamics all through the lens of a group of nuns and nurses specialized in midwifery and palliative care.Call the Midwife | Home Season …

So, I was pretty sure this was satire of satire… but no. Maricopa, Arizona vice mayor Edward Farrell praised the Onion obituary of Fred Phelps. Then after mentioning he has “many, many” gay and lesbian friends recanted his statements explaining “If you read the article, it mentions nothing about him being anti military, which by …

I didn’t realize how much of a hot button topic the definitions of altitude, elevation and height could be until I stumbled on this position paper from 2012. The UK hydrographic office discusses their opposition to the changes made to the “Hydrographic Dictionary,” IHO publication S-32.S-32: Definitions of Altitude, Elevation and Height The definition of …

Yesterday, on the second half of the CBC Tapestry program, Mary Hynes interviewed Ryan Bell, a (now former) evangelical pastor who is “trying out” atheism (eye roll) for a year and blogging about it. Ready to be annoyed, listening with a heap of skepticism, I ended up sitting in my car to hear the whole …

I got a lyric stuck in my head, it goes “heya heya heya heya…” but i could think of any more lyrics, so I googled it…heya heya heya heya song – Google Search cross-posted on Facebook

The music is impeccable and the snot rockets impressive.Sneezing In Ultra Slow Motion A thousand-frame-per-second camera captures amazing footage of people spraying snot everywhere. Imagine what will happen when the film industry finds out about this. cross-posted on Facebook