GO LINCOLN!

One of my favorite websites, mentalfloss.com, had a posting today on one of my favorite monuments that I thought everyone (DC locals or not) should check out. Apparently today is the anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. Check out the site to read all about it!

Correction!

Sorry all! The big thing I missed in my "May Run-down" was the most fun part ever! LCs sister and nephew came to visit, too! That was the best week of my life (happy Lindz?). :)

Missing Blogger

Sorry to all (3) of you who read this blog regularly--I've been out of school on my one month summer break since the beginning of May, but I've been busy:

LC's mom came to visit and so did my sister and brother in-law (who announced while they were here that they are happily pregnant with their first baby!) And we went to a Nationals Game at the brand new awesome stadium.

I traveled to Los Angeles for four days but I didnt see Jimmy Kimmel and it didn't really look like this:

It looked more like this:

I dont think I like LA.

Immediately after I returned from the West Coast, LC and I travelled to NYC, which is for sure in my top three favorite cities (Chicago, London, NYC). I saw Strawberry Fields (which I had been dreaming about my entire Beatles-loving life):














And the Statue of Liberty:

Honestly, I thought it would be bigger. I mean, at least 2 or 3 feet high.

And we drank beers outside for hours on end in Little Italy.

Good Times.

I've also just started blogging for a new site about Washington, DC's Green Movement. None of my pieces are up yet, but keep your eyes on Paint The District Green.

So, yeah...I've been a little busy. But I'll try to get back on track! Peace!

Alex Kochno

A lot of you may have already seen this. It has spread relatively fast on the internetz from its origins on my very favorite site feministing.com, but I just wanted to further inundate the web with reports on this kids totally vile behavior. Alex Kochno, the the public relations officer of the Southern Illinois University College Republicans sent this piece of hate mail to feministing.com (caution: a little hateful, inappropriate language below):

"Men are better than women look at the comparison in IQ men are scientifically proven to have a higher IQ by roughly 5 points, or 5% you cannot dispute science sorry and if you want a much better website than your shitty one you might want to go to [redacted]. I think you would gain a lot more knowledge from that website and you might learn about the truth that way you would not be so stupid and ignorant you stupid cunts"

You can read the whole post and all the comments here. I wanted to blog about it again because I just love the idea of his hateful words popping up every time an employer, friend, significant other or stranger drop his name into Google.

And as for the assertion that men are smarter than women? We all know that intelligent bigots know enough to conceal their hatefulness...you have to be a damned idiot to email whatever rocks are rolling around in your misogynistic little head to a public website from your school email address Also, just for the record. I totally support SIU in general--this is not a reflection on the university, just a jackass who attends it. I wont post them here, but the article links both to his MySpace page and his Facebook page. Might as well give him a poke, yeah?

Also, feministing posted an update about the great response from SIU about this kids childish act.

Monday Kitten Snack

It has been a little while since I've had a Kitten Snack. This one is true tusiness. These are not kittens I kidnapped from the internets. These live at my house! And yes, they are all three cuddling, napping and being generally adorable on LC's giant "Grandpa" chair.

Pope Up The Jam

I wasn't able to see the Pope when he was in Washington throwing out the first ball in a Nationals game* and riding around the the Pope-mobile, but a friend of a friend did. Here are the shots:

* In case you don't bother to read the linked article, the Pope didn't actually throw out the first ball at a National's game, but he did give a public mass at the stadium.

You Go Ms. Pac-Man!

A great video from Marc and Ari. Kudo's to Ms. Pac-Man for showing us what feminism is all about.


There's a little bit of foul language, but its totally worth it.