April 03, 2008
April 04, 2008
It's Friday night, so WTF (severe profanity alert)
I rant, you decide:
If I see this so-called "pregnant man" again, I think I am going to puke.
Gender politics aside, this is NOT a man. Legally, sure. I can agree with that. Phenotypically, even. I can agree he's a man.
But don't fucking go around trumpeting that you're a MAN and you're pregnant. That's not the case, except perhaps on paper. And it's no fucking miracle. You stopped taking your testosterone and the female hormones made by your INTACT OVARIES AND UTERUS THAT YOU WERE BORN WITH started working again. There's no miracle there. That's how your body is supposed to work.
Then you inserted sperm, and voila! The process worked the way it was designed to. Funny that. You got pregnant the same way that every other person born with a uterus tries to. In fact, from what I understand, you had an easier time than a lot of us uterus-bearers, whatever gender our driver's license says we are.
You're not a pregnant man. You are a pregnant ex-female who chose to remain reproductively intact despite partial gender reassignment surgery. Let's be clear on the terminology.
A pregnant man WOULD be worth shouting about, and it would be a miracle. Seeing as how MEN are born without the means of conceiving and carrying a baby INSIDE their body. A pregnant MAN worth studying would be someone who is able to carry a fetus on the inside, and is born with sex chromosomes that say "XY" instead of "XX", and who are born with testes, and vas deferens and a prostate and a penis . Not a "man" born with a uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and a vagina.
That's no reason to get on Oprah and every other fucking show on TV, ok?
And before you fucking go off on me about being insensitive to transgender people, please understand that I could care less which set of chromosomes you were born with, and whether they match what you show on the outside. Just keep your crotch out of my face. When you go around showing pictures of your beard and man's chest and pregnant stomach, that's tantamount to waving your nuts in my face, which I don't appreciate. And don't go around acting like you got pregnant from sperm inserted up your fake dick, whether you have one or not, when you got pregnant the same way everyone else does. That's nothing to write home about.
All that being said, I wish you and your wife a lifetime of happiness and the blessings of a healthy child, as every family deserves happiness and health. Just not in my face. If nothing else, out of respect for your child's well-being.
April 09, 2008
Check this out
It's a Schmap. Keep up with the Delegate count, and where the delegates come from. Hillary and Obama also available.
Updated
Flickr, that is. Lots of springy backyard pictures and a few of the Princesses latest exploits!
A taste:
April 11, 2008
BOOM! -UPDATED
The best laid plans of mice and men....
I was on my way to work this morning, right near the freeway on-ramp, when I heard BOOM. Then rattlerattlerattle.
Yep, I blew out a tire. So I had to cancel my AM class and call AAA to come put on the donut for me. And, since the donut can't handle freeway speed, I had to get it taken care of right away. As we speak, I am waiting for 4 brand-spanking-new tires (it was high time to change them, anyway) and then I'll be on my not-so-merry way to work, I suppose.
Yippeee
/sarcasm.
UPDATE: 4 tires = $781. And I made it to work well in time for my 12 pm meeting.
I've been tagged
by a bunch of you for the six word biography meme.
"I can't think of an answer" ?
"Too many things could be said." ?
No wait, I've got one: "My idiot husband was no help"
How about "fat dorky nerd chick tries hard" ?
That's as good as any, I guess
April 17, 2008
"Dude, I saw that coming a mile away..."
Karma at work.
Wanna-Be murderer jihadists planting an IED without sufficient training, as captured by a US AC-130.
h/t Richmond
April 19, 2008
Blogging in the 'Dena
Local blogging is alive and well in Pasadena, and the bloggers are a great crew to hang out with!
Just got home from the reasonably-semi-annually Pasadena bloggers picnic. Ok, it was really Foothill Cities, as the actual group who were there span an area from La Canada to San Dimas, and blog on everything from photography to journalism, to local politics.
Hubby and I decided to take the Princesses, and they were super well behaved. And of course, after running around the park all afternoon they are too pooped to pop! Both of them are napping on the bed at the moment.
Check out the blogs of the folks who were there:
Miss Havisham, who organized the whole shindig (YAY!)
Aaron Proctor
West Coast Grrlie Blather
Altadenablog
Palm Axis
The Real Zajac
Frazgo
KChristieH
Pasadena Daily Photo
Eye Level Pasadena
LA Times Pressmens 20 year club
And I know I missed a couple of people, so if you were there and aren't represented, or you see someone not on the list, let me know in the comments.
