Procrastadabbler

I’ve been really discouraged about my research/writing recently and really hating my teaching as well (not all of it, just parts). I can’t give up my teaching (it pays the bills), but I stepped away from the writing to see if it would make me feel better – not so stretched. I have writing projects [...]

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If an industry is doing some good, but the good they are doing is in the spirit of making them money, is it still doing good? Is a show like Extreme Makeover exploiting the lives of struggling people even as it “helps” them?
I would like to know the tax ramifications of being helped by Extreme [...]

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I won’t go into details because I respect the privacy and pride of a person who is dear to me, but I am so incredibly angry and upset at our health care system – and welfare system. The inequities are outrageous. Why is a rich kid’s life worth more than a working class kid’s? Why [...]

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It’s the night before Thanksgiving and I’m in a rotten mood. We’re driving to New Jersey tomorrow to spend the day with my husband’s family. That’ll be fine. I like my sister-in-law and her family, as well as my brother-in-law and his son. They’re fun and easy to be with. So it’s none of that [...]

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The NYTimes has a rather disturbing article today about the “Mom Job.” The Mom Job is plastic surgery to remove the physical results of pregnancy. It is a package deal that includes breast lifts (with our without implants), liposuction, and a tummy tuck. That alone is disturbing that society on the whole and many women [...]

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