Saturday Evening Good Writing

I have to admit I prepped this post ahead of time, since this weekend is all about finishing baby quilts. Feel free to take legal action.

The adventures of Suebob, girl reporter:

Some people took my sodden state for overwhelming emotion at the sacrifice of our service members and nodded approvingly in my direction. For one moment I was seen as a super patriot, not a despised member of the America-hating, peacemongering, liberal media!

Rules of the International Confederation of Dreadlocks Persons (revised):

rule #3:
you will get questions about your hair.
there are going to be a lot of questions and comments about your hair and it's best to be prepared, following are a number of common hair related statements for which you can develop your own standard answers to.

Mushy Liberal Values, Part Two: Empathy

Except for some of the criminals among us, we all have empathy to one degree or another. The question is how intentional you are about employing empathy in every situation. Empathy is a crucial building block for basic moral functioning on both a micro and a macro level. On a micro level, empathy may help me see that the person I am arguing with has a valid point. On a macro level, empathy is the first step towards justice.

Via a post on Arse Poetica, Report: U.S. May Have Been Abused During Formative Years:

According to Drexel, nations that act out in selfish, self-destructive ways in statehood were usually granted too much independence at an early age, especially if the motherland had other newly annexed lands to care for.

According to Yale University psychology professor John Bauffman, while some rebellious behavior in a nation's adolescence is common, and sometimes healthy, America's historically stormy relationship with mother country Great Britain points to a deep need for acceptance.

And that is all. Hopefully my only computer-related task of the weekend will be clicking "publish" on this post...here goes...