ode to clean living |
"Grandmomma Jeeter lived very nearly forever or anyway to the closest approximation of forever that anyone anywhere around could come up with, even the clergy who generally paid some attention to the ... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:55:00 PST |
communists in the summer house |
hammock seasonwar in Virginiathe red tide's inAunt Flo is visitingred thread in the sewing machinethe kitty has a nose-bleedriding the cotton ponyarts and crafts week at panty camptaking Carrie to the... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:37:00 PST |
eugenics in America |
Carrie Buck's Daughter: a popular, quasi-scientific idea can be a powerful tool for injustice By Stephen Jay GouldThe Lord really put it on the line in his preface to that prototype of all prescriptio... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:37:00 PST |
what's wrong with me (according to colorquiz.com) |
Unable to exert the efforts to achieve her objectives. Feels neglected, desiring greater security, warm affection, and fewer problems.Delights in the tasteful, the gracious, and the sensitive, but ma... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:28:00 PST |
a night to stay in |
there's a stagnant air warning in the willamette valley tonight. close to a week without rain and the fog and pollution are hanging in a suffocating cloud between the hills like an oily, congealed pu... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:30:00 PST |
Concerning the posessive "its" -or- These things I believe |
From Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss:
"To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as "Thank God its Friday" (without the apostrophe) rouses feelings not only of despair but of ... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:52:00 PST |
fun with law school stats |
law schools applied to (alphabetical order)
1. College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA)
2. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
3. University of California at Berkeley
4. University of Colorado at Bo... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:38:00 PST |
why? |
Why has william shatner become such a depressing parody of himself? Yeah, he was always sort of a joke, but he could have ducked out gracefully and just shown up for the occasional tim... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
four more years |
Woke up feeling like Hell this morning, and it wasn't because of the Corona and the Tequila shots. Not exclusively, anyhow. My estimation of my fellow Americans, which had already been significantly r... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
a fish learns to think symbolically |
Ziggy entered my life by chance an impulse buy made on a stoned, 4am trip to Wal Mart. In retrospect it seemed rash to so lightly take the responsibility for the welfare of a living thing. But the... Posted by Jilian the Astonishing on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |