Missing pregnant woman found dead
Link: Missing pregnant woman found dead – Yahoo! News.
I was pretty surprised to read this actually. I knew there was bias in media, but I guess I hadn’t thought about how much of it there really was until this article and the linked one here at USA TODAY opened my eyes. As I mentioned in my post regarding D (please click here to scoot back to that post) it’s really not so important that D was transgendered or that Ms. Figueroa was Hispanic. What matters is that these are people. They are valuable, they are not throw away. They all deserve to get as much respect, attention and justice as we can give them seeing that their perpetrators preferred to treat them as objects of contempt.
Transdentity
Yahoo’s dropping private chat rooms gotchya down and lonely? Dropping them was for the right reason (read article Yahoo Chatrooms go offline for why) but many in the transgendered community (as well as many other communities) rely on chat rooms for support, to make connections, and for simply companionship. When you can’t be with someone physically or on the phone with them, chat lines can form a key support.
A new on-line community might fill a void for you: Transdentity. Transdentity exists as a supportive community for the creative exploration of identity for all individuals. The site hosts a forum, chat line and bulletin board. The chat line can be found on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Undernet system. The channel is #transdentity. You can get to Transdentity’s chatroom by clicking on this link here.
When the log-in screen pops up type in your nickname (use the one you have at Yahoo if you’d like!), then type in #transdentity for you Favourite channel. If a pop up window appears with a Java Security Warning, asking you to accept or deny, click accept. The site is secure and shouldn’t pose a problem (or hasn’t for me anyway).
Sand in your coffee?
Okay, now something like this could really ruin a good cup of espresso with friends here at the cafe Sand Storm in Iraq: April 26, 2005.
Potato Salad Showdown
My spouse makes hellacious potato salad. In fact, her potato salad is so hellacious that it is a hit with anyone who eats it. But, being the health conscience parent that I am, I needed to figure out a better potato salad. Salad of love (my honey’s potato salad)
wins hands down. Salad of Science (my potato salad) tastes like it was made in a food science lab. I’ll let you guess which one tastes
best.
Salad of Love (also known a pile ofstuff whipped into a pot that magically produces potatoessalad)
* 1 bag potatoes boiled, then peeled (boiling ‘em first makes the peeling easier)
* Throw in two eggs while potatoes are cooking, to make them hardboiled
* Take peeled potatoes, cube ‘em and then toss into a bowl
* Shell eggs, dice, toss in same bowl with potatoes
* Finely chop &5 carrots and toss in
* Finely chop about 6 celery stocks & toss in
* Finely chop one onion, dice it up, toss it in to the same bowl
* Toss in some extra macaroni, or any other edible substance that has not grown mold or generated a smell reminiscent of your local waste management station.
* Toss it all together – if you use your bare hands it’s best.
* Take your fav mayo and put in about 5 big spoonfuls (big being your definition of big spoon)
* Add in some Italian dressing – just make it go around in a circle on top….your guess is as good as anyone’s as to how much is the best amount
* cover, refrigerate overnight – then whip out the next day at lunch and eat!
Calories? who the heck knows, and who’s counting! Serving size? By the plate! Taste? all children give this a thumbs up.
Salad of Science
(From page 107, Weight Watchers, “Simply The Best” recipe book)
Ingredients
(measurements are precise)
- 1/4 Cup plain non-fat yogurt
- 2 tablespoons reduced-calorie mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons minced dill
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 celery stalk, diced up
- 1/2 red bell pepper, seeded & diced
- 2 hard cooked eggs chopped
- 2 scallions thinly sliced
- 2 small red potatoes, cooked and cubed
In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt, mayonnaise, dill, vinegar and black pepper. Add the celery, bell pepper, eggs and scallions; toss with a pair of salad tongs to lightly coat. Ad the potatoes and toss gently, again with the tongs.
Calories? 130
Service Size? One third of the batch as listed, serves 3. Taste? All children look at me questioning if this is potatoe salad, egg salad, or craft paste.
Asiatic culprit at large – still
Link: Missing Asiatics
You may recall my Asiatics “disappeard” (see Link above). My digital camera has returned, so hopefully I’ll be able to nab the culprit (at least on film!). It’s likely the deer. It’s not like we live in the boonies, but, with reduced predators deer need to go someplace. Apparently they need to eat someplace too!
Maybe I should get in on this deal to re-release big-game predators into the U.S. ecosystem…
