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Commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
@ Unruly Katy: Coble in comments at TinyCatPants developed this handy formula to determine just how much Life Adversity equates with moral or legal transgression: The official Karmic Relativity Adjustment PointsTM formula is as follows: (A1+P1)*C-S/V+T=A2+P2 Where A1 equals Adversity;...
Commented on Fresh Greens: A surprising twist for an ex-Enron-er, building houses for under $3k, presto-change-o chocolates, and goats
I also love the straw bale and rammed earth construction, but there are only a few incorporated places in the US that allow for these structures in their building codes. Unless you're building in one of those places (Tucson is...
Commented on In America, it is increasingly illegal to be poor.
Wow. I love the crazy and wonderful absurdity that BB gives me every day. The French "astronaut" on the golf course was almost the best part of my Sunday. However, I was not prepared for the juxtaposition of fantasy kids...
Commented on Talking to bureaucracies considered as a corporate fitness factor
The Tucson International Airport also hosts local restaurants like Taco Bron and Ike's Coffee, as well as some chain providers like Boar's Head Deli and 31 Flavors....
Commented on Keni Lee Burgess plays "Baby Please Don't Go" on his cigar box guitar
#9: Didn't Howling Wolf do "Highway 49"?...
Commented on Keni Lee Burgess plays "Baby Please Don't Go" on his cigar box guitar
Seconding the correction of the attribute from Muddy Waters to Big Joe Williams from down in Crawford, MS (gawd, lord, he must have sold a million)....
Commented on Unicorn Art Car, Free to Loving Home (Craigslist Sign of the Times)
Actually, I want to see a unicorn car chase, Starsky and Hutch style....
Commented on Maybe Shoeless Joe was onto something?
@Karrock: No socks, just bare toes. I don't feel like I have heightened sensory reactions, but how would I know what's unusual? That said, I'm pretty tolerant of most tactile stimuli and I think these shoes would continue to annoy...
Commented on Maybe Shoeless Joe was onto something?
I tried on a pair of the Vibram five-finger shoes ( http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/ )but was annoyed by the closeness around my toes. I need to move somewhere with more grass before I run barefoot....
Commented on Music Video: Oiled up bikini girls using power tools
#71: And this is the conversation I'm interested in. My reaction is the only one I can speak to. I think it's interesting and worthwhile for me to explore the possible reasons why my very visceral reaction to the original...
Commented on Music Video: Oiled up bikini girls using power tools
Mr Artichoke, Can I please tell you how very, very happy I am that you shared that link. What an excellent opportunity for constructive comparison....
Commented on Music Video: Oiled up bikini girls using power tools
@Dculberson, It's a dimension that would be fun to visit (and will probably become the setting of a personal fantasy), but not one I'd like to live in....
Commented on Music Video: Oiled up bikini girls using power tools
@Dculberson, I saw the specs and Bosch and assumed it was a marketing endeavor. My bad (and poor title reading skills). It changes the way I think about it, for sure, and the difference could be a whole 'nother discussion....
Commented on Music Video: Oiled up bikini girls using power tools
@Dculberson, It's the women's competence that the viewer is meant to notice. Of course. It's a commercial for power tools, marketed to the people who would make those purchases. It treats both sexes as tools. The women are extension of...
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Here to say that my 3-year-old daughter also loves Sid the Science Kid. She also likes "Hey Cow" from the Old School Sesame Street DVD (Yay, Joe Raposo)....
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I love you, Anonymous #35....
Commented on Science of the "laughing cure"
This is why America's Funniest Home Videos will never die. Hell, maybe it should become part of the healthcare reform arsenal....
Commented on Haunting photo-essay on rotting buildings in Detroit
In addition to his haunting photos on Flickr, Jim at SweetJuniper also writes about the state of urban decay in Detroit. Here is his account of giving a Time Magazine reporter the local tour: http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2009/02/100-true-story-of-how-i-polluted-time.html Also, today's post has a...
Commented on Blog about vintage kids' books
Dutch of Sweet Juniper has an account of taking the vintage books out of an abandoned Detroit elementary school. He's looking for help from anyone in the area who can salvage and redistribute to non-profits, libraries, or after school programs:...
Commented on Graffiti of giant people stuffed into small building
Anybody from Lawrence, KS reminded of the "boxed in" mural inside Quinton's Bar and Deli?...
Commented on Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy?
Dur, missed that you're originally from KC, so you already know the bit they do at Gates....
Commented on Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy?
In KC, if you can only choose one BBQ, forget Rosedale and Arthur B's and just go to Gates: http://www.gatesbbq.com/ for no other reason than to hear someone behind the counter yell "HI! MAY I HELP YOU!?!?!" when you walk...
Commented on BB Video: How's Your News? Comedy/News by Disabled People, Produced by South Park's Matt + Trey.
Look what happens when you get everyone on the stage. The end scene at SXSW is an apt metaphor. I'm so, so happy to have seen this today....
Commented on The Octonauts Are Where It’s At
Lovely, lovely illustrations. If only as much effort had gone into the typography and the writing....
Commented on Flickr photoset of last days of Tucson minature golf course
Now I'm sure the Tikki is really a Moai and I was just being intellectually lazy. I'll have a beer at The Hutt if they rescue the thing....
Commented on Oliver Sacks explains how your brain does music
Also, the latest issue of Seed magazine has a nice story on the events leading up to his writing this book....
Commented on Auschwitz officer scrapbook -- "the banality of evil"
The scary part *isnt* that there are monsters out there. The monsters have always been us. These photos serve as a warning to any of us who believe the civility and enlightenment of our own nation, state, city, neigborhood would...

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rollermonkey commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
I hope for your sake you're just trolling. Otherwise you should be investigated yourself....
weeklyrob commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
I'm coming late to the party, and I only read the first half of these comments (and the last few), so maybe someone said all this: 1. As far as I understand, he was not convicted of rape, nor did he plead guilty to rape, or ever admit to anything beyond statutory rape. He plead guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse." The whole rape/rape thing is based on testimony that was never challenged, because those charges were reduced. Innocent until proven guilty applies. I know it sounds terrible, but a victim's testimony isn't enough to assume that everything she says is...
Xopher commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
I had the impression the judge said he would not abide by the plea agreement. Polanski was facing a lot more than 48 days in jail; the judge was going to give him the maximum. What he did was wrong, and he probably deserves a longer sentence, but fleeing wasn't quite as trivially motivated as you're saying....
Pipenta commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
So if you force yourself on a child, that is mental illness, but if you force yourself on a preteen, it isn't? WTF? There are all kinds of mental illnesses that might make the sufferer more likely to commit these kinds of crime. If someone was, for example, a cluster B of the ASPD type, one would be incapable of empathy. That's incapable of any empathy EVER. And one would not care about the sorts of limits that society, that other people would put on you. It would simply be a matter of doing what you could get away with...
nina commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
Hey Xeni- thank you so much for posting this! The Polanski apologists also inspired me to document my own experience. So marvelous to read other stories of women coming to terms with years of confusion, PTSD, and being confronted with having to over and over again apologize for having "gotten ourselves into" situations that then scarred us for years. The image above of the court-transcript describing what a young girl is thinking in the moment of an assault, is incredibly powerful. One I'm sure most of us who've been through it, can uniquely relate to. Thanks again! My own story:...

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