I write a lot of things on MetaFilter. I’ve sort of settled on it because I like and respect the moderators there and I think that many of the posters/commenters there really have decided, despite differences, to try to discuss things in good faith, civilly and without too much trolling.
I wrote a short essay about why I think atheists should not get hung up on the evils of faith or spirituality there just this morning that I’m pretty proud of.
Read on for the copy/paste.
Continue reading Writing about religious tolerance on MetaFilter
Lately I’ve been causing trouble for Google. Google Maps specifically.
Continue reading Causing Trouble for Google
Today we went out and did lots of Asian food-centric shopping.
Continue reading Asian journey
I’ve had as my co-workers call it a “staycation” where I take time off but stay in town. Hanne and I do everything we can to NOT travel between Thanksgiving and New Year’s and I think we managed it this year. But I did have time-off that I needed to burn up this year or lose, and I took another day or two extra to round out the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Continue reading Updates from my vacation
Narrative of a little trouble I just had with Windows 7’s clinginess with certain files and file types.
Continue reading That said… (Windows 7 trials and tribulations)
I thought I should deliver thoughts on installing Windows 7 Enterprise on my older Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop.
Continue reading Windows 7 – Generally pretty impressive
Just a short pointer to a discussion of trans politics with respect to some feminist scholars who in my mind aren’t doing a lot of good for our trans siblings.
Continue reading More activism – gender and feminist politics
I wanted to note here a couple of things about my own relationship to writing about race-oriented power disparities as well as share a portion of a comment I made in a locked LiveJournal community about race and racism.
Continue reading Writing about Race and Racism
