Update on the Planned Parenthood debate…

Well, I guess this isn't actually much of an update, since the pro-lifers haven't written anything to the paper (or at least, nothing that's been published). However, a couple other people have written in decrying the “PP offers nothing of value to a community” comment. Here's my favorite, since it says more or [...]

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And now for a Community Service interlude…

Y'know, I'm really glad the local Humane Society has a website. I like looking at the cats they have there, but I know that if I go there and actually visit with them I'll come home with another cat, and two is quite enough for our relatively small living space (especially given that these [...]

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Amusing addendum to previous posts

I was at the Public Health Center just now to get a refill on my birth control pills, and when I told them my name, both of the receptionists went “Oh, you're Ambrosia! We were passing around a printout of your letter just now, and we all thought it was really good…” [...]

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And it begins…

Quickest turnaround I've ever had on a letter to the editor – submitted it yesterday morning, and they printed it this morning. I made some comment in the subject line of my email that this was likely going to be the first letter of many on the subject, and the woman from the Juneau [...]

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Wheeeeee!

After having almost no caffiene aside from the occasional soda for some time, this morning I made Dead Man's Reach (Raven's Brew's hypercaffienated blend) for Brian and I, and drank it on an empty stomach. I am so very, very awake right now.
It's been a while since we had a “Rose argues in a [...]

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Regarding <i>Underworld: Evolution</i>…

I should start by saying I have no intention of seeing this film. I saw the first one without having heard anything about it beforehand and very nearly went to the box office and demanded my money back. Obviously, therefore, I'm not going to see this one, since word is it's simply more [...]

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Jeffus & Williams quote of the fortnight

Background: For work, my Brian drives a little VW New Beetle painted with the J&W logo. It's been snowing like crazy for the last couple of days, and since the bug doesn't have snow tires, this has become somewhat hazardous. I was sitting at my desk and happened to be in the [...]

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Current events and girly things

–My car's been in the shop the last few days; the passenger's side door, which has always been fussy, finally got the latch stuck in the closed position. Which wouldn't be such a big deal (a pain, but not a big deal), except that the door was open at the time. Which makes [...]

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Fun lunchtime thoughts

–Hawaii rolls (California rolls with tuna on top) are pretty darn good sushi. Not even close to eel as my favorite, but perfectly serviceable lunchtime fare. Especially with a squeeze of lemon on the tuna. Mmm.
–Sushi restaurants that play Korean techno during lunch are awesome. I may have to actually *eat* [...]

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Jeffus & Williams quote of the as-yet-unspecified-interval

For this one, a little background – we have a network in place at a local gold mine that (theoretically) provides phone and internet service to the folks who live and work out there. The problem being, the network is so Rube Goldbergian in design that it only works completely about half to two-thirds [...]

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