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AI: Pressies!
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I know I did. It was my daughter’s first one and it was a huge success. She happily toddled about, ripping wrapping paper, playing with the contents of packages, visiting family, trying food, singing, dancing, you name it. It made my heart happy. There was an unintentional mini-theme in our gift giving this…
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AI: Therapy
There are days when I feel like I won’t make it to the end without yelling at someone. Between working with the general public, being the mother of a now-toddler, driving on the highway on a daily basis and reading about stupid people doing stupid things, these days come often. If I had to describe myself in one word, that…
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AI: Holidaze
I’m really angry today. If you want to know why, go see what Elyse wrote about earlier regarding AMC being a bunch of douche-nozzles. So I want to think about something happy. It’s that time of year. The days are shorter, the temperatures are colder, the family is visiting and the bank accounts are draining. I LOVE IT. Seriously. I…
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AI: Qualifiers
I do a lot of social networking. Because of that, I do a lot of friend-request accepting. Generally I just glance at the person’s profile and think, “eh, no reason not to,” and accept it. There are situations in which I’ve declined – if I can tell you’re a spammy kind of person, if it’s obvious that you just want…
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AI: If You’re Skeptical and You Know It, Clap Your Hands
For a while now, there’s been talk about the frequency of navel-gazing in the skeptic community. This article by Alom Shaha of the Guardian is the latest installment. He has some excellent points, some of which have been used in the past to criticize our “ONE OF US” mentality. There are several things off the top of my head which…
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AI: Hitting a Maternal Wall
Today, as I was driving to my mom’s house to leave my daughter with her while I work, I listened to a story on NPR which left me angry and wondering what kind of professional future Spencer can hope for as a woman. Forgive my lack of detail, as I’m writing this on my iPhone before I have to leave.…
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AI: Selling Out
So I was watching one of my favorite shows, Community, yesterday and it got my attention in a more-than-entertainment kind of way. One of the episode’s plot points was that the two young, attractive girls of the group were working together in an effort to raise money for the Gulf of Mexico after the oil spill. One girl stood on…
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AI: Spare Time
The concept of spare time has become relevant to my interests lately. After a [very] long stint of unemployment, I’ve secured a job which I am really enjoying so far. Where I used to have full days of spare time, doing whatever chores needed doing throughout the day at my leisure, I now have a certain number of hours before…
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