On That Whole “Exercise 3-4 Hours a Day” Thing? A Slight Correction

So, I read the article–I mean, the actual scientific journal article–upon which the news articles have been based.  (Some of you may be able to access it here.)
You may recall that the general understanding of the research is that genetically obese people would have to exercise three to four hours a day in order to [...]

A Return to Traditional Values

Cintra Wilson is pissed, today, over at Salon.com.

I did not think that women being downgraded to second-class, three-holed chattel would be a pressing concern in my lifetime. I thought it was like polio, or witch burning — an inhumane error that had already been corrected. But after eight years of Republican hegemony, and now the [...]

Bridgett! Check your email!

Or, other folks, help me here.
We’re talking about white women in 1850 and using .gov numbers.  The birth rate is 43.3/1000, meaning that 43.3 white women out of 1,000 gave birth in 1850.  The infant mortality rate was 217.4/1000.  I’m not sure what that means.  Does that mean that, while 43.3 white women out of [...]

I’m Daunted, I’ll Admit

I keep sitting here trying to think of something to write other than “Oh holy shit how are we going to be moved out of here by the end of the month?”
It’s not that we can’t physically do it.  The truth is that a quarter of our stuff is still sitting in boxes from the [...]