We still suck
From my friend Jenn, who is a social worker in Utah:
So reading a great PR piece on doctors doing free surgeries overseas for walk right, face this or that, or hearts....but a guy in the shelter lost his foot to gangrene because the awesome hospitals here kept sending him to 4th street clinic without seeing him...see we should have sent him overseas...silly us...no PR in helping poor people here in Utah.
Yes, we still suck. Because after all we've been through, we still embrace a for-profit health care system, and there's no margin in providing health care services to the poor. U.S.A! We're #1! In leaving people by the side of the road, I mean.
In more ways than one
Turns out that the so-called "gender gap" that we see here in the good ole U.S. of A.
disappears in cultures where women are empowered. Our ladybrains really
are suited to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and our inability to find a place there is a
cultural problem. I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! No, I'm not.
The scarlet "A"
For "Atheist," that is. There's a new (or old) whackadoodle in town - one
Michael Stahl, a Christian chat-room stalker, and he has a FABULOUS IDEA. He thinks that I should have to register with the Federal Government as an ADMITTED ATHEIST. You know - like a convicted sex offender. That way all the God-Fearing Folk can try and show me the error of my ways. And if I refuse to change my mind (presumably because I'm too busy being a contributing member of society, respecting others' points of view and knitting for charity), then they'll know
exactly where I am so they can persecute me with ease. I'm sure Teh Gayz, the Jews and the Muslims will be next. I'm so glad I won't be alone.
I have a short attention span
I participate in "
BOINC," which is a volunteer distributed computing program where anyone with a computer can help crunch data for a variety of scientific endeavors. Previously I ran projects for SETI and the LHC, but I wanted to expand my projects, so recently I signed up for Malaria Control and Climate Prediction, as well. DUDE! Climate Prediction projects are like
350 hours long. Yes, yes, climate modeling is complex and takes a long time. Whatever.
350 hours long. I'm only running them one at a time so that I can also run short projects simultaneously in order to satisfy my need for instant gratification. I'm such an American.
Are you still reading?
If so, you only have until Monday to log your reading in the
Hot Chicks Dig Smart Men 1st Annual Summer Reading Program page. Then entry for the prizes will be CLOSED. CLOSED FOREVER.** How sad will you be in you miss out a prize because you neglected to log your reading? VERY, VERY SAD.
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*The detritus of my mind, not the Troll in Disworld.
**Not actually "forever." You'll get another chance next summer.
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