Tweets for Today

• 01:10 @bethr Congrats on the telescope. I recall star gazing w/my dad when I was the twins age--a terrific & educational family activity. #
• 01:14 We dined at V-Spot. Shosh had the Hawaiian burger & I had bbq seitan wrap; 4 dessert Shosh had brownie cheesecake & I had brownie a la mode. #

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• 01:10 @bethr Congrats on the telescope. I recall star gazing w/my dad when I was the twins age--a terrific & educational family activity. #
• 01:14 We dined at V-Spot. Shosh had the Hawaiian burger & I had bbq seitan wrap; 4 dessert Shosh had brownie cheesecake & I had brownie a la mode. #

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Murdoch's WSJ asks if Obama is too thin and fit to be president

as covered in The Huffington Post and The Hindu. If the republican attack machine's other smears were not enough, now it's resorting to lookism. What next, an IQ ceiling for political candidates (oh right, that's what happened in 2000 & 2004)?

I take this too skinny charge somewhat personally. According to the standards of the Life Insurance industry and government agencies such as the CDC Senator Obama and I are within the normal weight range for our heights, yet there has been so much size inflation in the public mind's size norms that I've had to endure being referred to as gaunt. It's considered a faux pas to mention a woman's weight in either direction, but calling a man gaunt is like calling him a 90 lb weakling.

Murdoch's WSJ asks if Obama is too thin and fit to be president

as covered in The Huffington Post and The Hindu. If the republican attack machine's other smears were not enough, now it's resorting to lookism. What next, an IQ ceiling for political candidates (oh right, that's what happened in 2000 & 2004)?

I take this too skinny charge somewhat personally. According to the standards of the Life Insurance industry and government agencies such as the CDC Senator Obama and I are within the normal weight range for our heights, yet there has been so much size inflation in the public mind's size norms that I've had to endure being referred to as gaunt. It's considered a faux pas to mention a woman's weight in either direction, but calling a man gaunt is like calling him a 90 lb weakling.

cross species learned behavior (thanks to smartgrrrl who posted this on her typepad blog)

Bubble-Blowing Beluga

cross species learned behavior (thanks to smartgrrrl who posted this on her typepad blog)

Bubble-Blowing Beluga