John Stevens and my own Stevens (Miller, that is) have an interesting set of posts up. Read John's first at Our Loudoun Schools, and then read Stevens's response at Without Supervision.
Logic! Reason! SCIENCE! Well, maybe not science.
I am excited to see something that is rarely seen in the Loudoun blogosphere, a calm rational substantive debate based on thoughtful interpretations of the facts.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
One reason I don't have advertising on my blog
Is that it seems nigh impossible to control which ads run. Daily Kos, for example, has ads for Frank Wolf running at the top and bottom of their pages. Various body positive blogs I read have trouble with diet ads running. Infertility blog readers get upset when the blogs they read have advertising for baby stuff.
And the specialty advertisers like Advertise Liberally won't touch a site like mine that has relatively low traffic (relative to Pandagon, for example).
Other blogs I know sell their own advertising space, but that seems like a lot of overhead.
So, instead, I'm donating space to restaurants that are supportive of Democracy in general and who support causes I believe in. All the logos I have up are of businesses I support with my purchasing dollars. I am receiving absolutely no compensation for having their logos on my site.
Joe's Pizza and Joe's Cafe; American Flatbread; and Jimmy's Old Town Tavern. They are restaurants worth eating at owned by civic-minded and warm-hearted people. Go eat at their restaurants, and tell them I sent you.
And the specialty advertisers like Advertise Liberally won't touch a site like mine that has relatively low traffic (relative to Pandagon, for example).
Other blogs I know sell their own advertising space, but that seems like a lot of overhead.
So, instead, I'm donating space to restaurants that are supportive of Democracy in general and who support causes I believe in. All the logos I have up are of businesses I support with my purchasing dollars. I am receiving absolutely no compensation for having their logos on my site.
Joe's Pizza and Joe's Cafe; American Flatbread; and Jimmy's Old Town Tavern. They are restaurants worth eating at owned by civic-minded and warm-hearted people. Go eat at their restaurants, and tell them I sent you.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Musical Interlude
We are a gentle angry people, and we are singing for our lives...
I grew up in a family that went marching, marching, marching. And Holly Near is a singer and songwriter whose music was part and parcel of that.
I grew up in a family that went marching, marching, marching. And Holly Near is a singer and songwriter whose music was part and parcel of that.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
WHAT THE HELL?
[Sounds of me banging my head on the keyboard]. THIS IS WHY WE'RE HAVING AN ENTHUSIASM GAP! Dammit! Equality is in the National fucking Platform for crying out loud.
I hear Danny Glover shouting in my head.
I hear Danny Glover shouting in my head.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
This Space Intentionally Left Blank
BitchPhD is going dark. I am so sad about this. That blog has been enormously influential to me. Not least because the lead writer taught me how to get my bras properly fitted. I hate it when blogs I love go dark. I hate it worse when they take down the site entirely. I really hope that doesn't happen with Bitch PhD.
I'll miss you and your co-bloggers, Dr. Bitch. Please come back.
I'll miss you and your co-bloggers, Dr. Bitch. Please come back.
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