I confess that I’d never heard of Les Moonves before the recent accusations of sexual harassment came out against him. I also have a general attitude against unverified allegations of this type, which I’ve expressed many times before, and it … Continue reading →
“Low-cost pheromones!!” a bot that tried to post today on the blog advertised. I used to get up to 10,000 spambots a day here, the vast majority trapped in a spam filter than I had to clean out several times … Continue reading →
Why don’t you LISTEN? [Hat tip: commenter “T”] I can’t believe I’ve never seen that before. So funny! [NOTE: This post was originally on my older blog and had comments, but unfortunately the comments didn’t transfer over here.]
Continue reading →And I mean big, big trouble. No Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded this year as a result. Pity (that’s sarcasm, in case it’s not clear). That first link I gave is to a very long story about the … Continue reading →
Bad and even dangerous advice, I might add, although neither uniformly bad nor uniformly dangerous. The author’s general suggestion is to let them be to work it out themselves, and/or to treat (or punish) them equally, which is actually quite … Continue reading →
Stalking isn’t funny; it’s serious and frightening. And this University of Central Florida professor who stalked a PhD student sounds remarkably obsessive about it: Ali Borji, a 39-year-old assistant professor in the school’s Department of Computer Science, was arrested at … Continue reading →
Here’s an article purporting to tell us what makes men more appealing to women. The list (apparently in no particular order) is supposedly based on research and contains seemingly contradictory things like “wear a scented deodorant” and “eat garlic.” Who … Continue reading →
Of course not. But sometimes they do, and apparently they have since time immemorial. At the link you’ll find two colorful quotes on the subject. The first is from NY Times editor A.M. Rosenthal in the late 70s, who said … Continue reading →
Not. Suzanna Danuta Walters, the author of the piece in that link, is a professor of sociology at Northeastern University as well as director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program there and editor of a gender studies journal … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “ColoComment”] Chase Johnsey is a man identifying as “gender fluid,” but he dances female corps roles for the English National Ballet. In modern times, it’s not unheard of in ballet for men to dance as women, but … Continue reading →
I posted the much-requested photo of my wedding cake and ornament in an addendum to the previous post. But in case you missed it, here it is: And here’s a closeup of the ornament: To get the detail in the … Continue reading →
…but it’s a narrow ruling: The verdict criticized the [Colorado’s] treatment of [baker] Jack Phillips’ religious objections to gay marriage, ruling that a civil rights commission was biased against him. As a result, the decision did not resolve whether other … Continue reading →