I read that letter twice. and I couldn't follow parts of it. I know I can write a very confusing sentence, but she wrote sentences that made no sense to my very forgiving eyes.

Wow, she's not only retarded and a judgemental asshole but she can't write a sentence either.

When I was listening to the debate last week I wondered what kind of man would want to enjoy free sex and then expect her to provide for her own contraceptives? These are the kind of men who want free whores. Any man who would be so low life as that does not deserve to have any woman love him. Smart women will stay away from men who use them and abuse them.

Why is it that most of the e-mail letters I get on this topic is from men? I have concluded that the chemicals and drugs are their way to have all the goodies and not pay the price. When you encourage this behavior, you create more of it. In other words, if the state starts paying for contraceptives we will have more babies than if we just teach people to not expect free prostitution from poor people. Don't you think having to pay child support for the next 18 years is a suitable disincentive?

I learned this from teaching my own children: Natural consequences is usually the best teacher.

grammarian xpost

actually the lathe bugs me. It is cool, but I'm not really sure how it changes anything. sped things up, but change?

Today is yucky. I'm trying to figure out the logic of the system because it is patently not the logic we gave them when we told them to use this logic. And they didn't give us any documentation back. So I'm very confused.

I imagine they chose the harness because it symbolizes agriculture, and because harnessed plow-animals were in use before the wheel was necessarily at issue. But, that doesn't mean the wheel isn't significant.

Actually, the plow should be on the list, too. One can quibble about the type of harness, as well. The original harnesses worked for oxen, but nsm for horses. It wasn't until they invented the horse collar that agriculture really took off in places where you needed a horse's strength to till the fields.

In a completely different vein, but for those Chicagoans whose interest in local politics is higher than usual following yesterday's primary, there's an entry in the Encyclopedia of Chicago about Chicago's political culture and its history that I found fascinating. I especially liked that the writer highlights the entertainment value political corruption has for Chicago and state residents.

actually the lathe bugs me.

Their whole list bugs me. They should've started with the seven simple machines. Wheel, lever etc.

Printing press definitely belongs. Then something like either the telegraph or telephone.

Between the convoluted logic, the convoluted ideology, and the shitty grammar, that's just jaw-dropping eight ways from Sunday. I'm trying to imagine how one would frame a thoughtful, reasoned response to it, and coming up blank -- it's so twisty and illogical that there isn't even anyplace solid to start from. It's just a squirmy mess.

Actually, oxen are much more strong than horses, and easier feeders as well. What horse-pulling made a big difference for was speed, such as coaches and wagons and sleighs.

the entertainment value political corruption has for Chicago and state residents.

...as well as residents of nearby states.