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I'm really glad that Viola Davis, Regina King & Uzo Aduba won Emmys last night. Viola Davis is one of the finest actors working to...

I'm very happy for these victories for modernity. However, we need to be ever-vigilant. Civil rights for all races, genders and religi...

Is that click-baity enough for you? The actual title of this should be "Walking the Pittsburgh Half-Marathon Route," but these ...

Like the vast majority of people who've been voting for the Hugos for years, I have never, ever voted for a slate of people/works. It...

It's probably the ultimate in navel-gazing, but what the hell. I responded to the meme in early 2009, I've added some additional c...

It's simple - anyone who tells you "it's not worth voting since all politicians are the same" is lying ! Are the Demo...

I have always known about abused women because, as early as in high school, I knew girls who were beaten up by their boyfriends. As much as...

I am a trivia fanatic. I grew up glued to College Bowl, Jeopardy and almost memorizing the '70s version of the Guinness Books of Worl...

Just read of a tragic gun murder in Pennsylvania, yet another example of crazy people having access to guns. If you live in southcentr...

The 1st anniversary after the #newtown murders - remember the kids shot that day, as the NRA-owned Congress does not care - WE DO! #WeAreN...

Started a Twitter hashtag in honor of this most commercial of seasons: #FirstThingIBoughtOnline: 3-year old cheddar cheese @CabotCoop 12/19...

When I wake up, I check my mail, Facebook and Twitter. All was well this morning. Ran some errands and was back around 9am. Everything e...

As you consider who to vote for in future elections, remember these Senators voted for the United States to default on its debts. @TomCo...

In the "old days" (about 1976 or so), there was an informal Fannish Code of Conduct: Do Good Do No Harm Throw a Good Room Pa...

I live in a reddish area outside of Pittsburgh, so my Congressman, Tim Murphy and Senator, Pat Toomey are both pretty solidly Tea Party (th...

I originally published this on Facebook on July 12, 2011 at 12:35pm. However, it pathetic that our "talk-lots/do-nothing" Congre...

I've been extremely troubled by a rash of police pre-emptively shooting people, generally black men. Isn't the slogan for police ...

I'm generally an independent person, but the Republican party has gone so far to the right over the last 20 years that I haven't v...

Wouldn't you know that during the year after my hysterectomy, public discussion of the uterus is more popular than ever? Despite my...

Did you know that we now live in a country where some of the states are now legislating state-sponsored rape while gagging doctors' ab...