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OK, I don't generally post random diary-type blog posts (one because I doubt there are too many people who would really care that my day was boring and full of school and two because we're not really supposed to...), but my Valentine's Day totally took the cake (no pun intended!) for an incredible day!  Read More »

Is there reverse racism? The answer is no. To get to this conclusion, it is essential to know what racism is. So, what is racism?  Read More »

I had a very difficult conversation with a client on Monday. For the first time, she indicated to me a desire to part with her boyfriend, who is also in our program for homeless addicts. She feels threatened, however, not only because he has hit her in the past and, she feels, will do so again. She feels cornered because she doesn’t feel like she can report the abuse.  Read More »

You're all invited to my Party Extreme Makeover Party! The Republican Party Extreme Makeover Party, that is. Sure, it's a mouthful, but it's time that we, the Republicans, all get together and take a good, long, hard look at our own party. It's time to make some major readjustments. Elections are when Americans voice their opinions, and, as our party's former Presidential candidate said when he conceded defeat, Americans wanted a change. We, the Republicans, failed them. Let's take a look at where we went wrong and how we can fix it.  Read More »

One of the things that I think I appreciate so much about period pieces, particularly Jane Austen’s works (see previous entry, A time for literature) is the scope, the lens through which it looks at women and femininity. Austen’s canon portrays women as powerful and capable, despite the oppressive society in which they lived.  Read More »

I am sad. My mom, a very gifted woman with one Master's degree and the equivalent of another, said today, in a depressed moment, that all she is good for is killing flies. I, the woman who can't kill a fly herself due to reasons discussed elsewhere, felt horrible because I had asked her to kill the fly.  Read More »

Instead of going to war over the world’s current oil crisis, Sweden has decided to be proactive and become an oil-free nation by the year 2020. 2020 is only twelve years away. You may think that it would be impossible to make an entire country independent of oil in a mere span of twelve years, but Sweden is dead set on working to meet this goal.  Read More »

Why is guard duty so apt to be abused?  Read More »