Man, I don't have the words to articulate my fury.

A (male) friend once asked me if I felt like a second class citizen. I said I do. I absolutely do.

He was amazed. This is reason #589742 why. It makes it very hard to think that good men, who don't view women as a collection of holes to fuck or flesh to punch, aren't a minority. I hate feeling that way about half the human race. But then, there's gangrapes and stonings and abortions outlawed in the US! And a debate that still goes about whether it is women who should stay home with the baby and somehow fathers never figure into it.

This morning I read that child sex tours are becoming popular in Georgia, and detailed a 16 year old girl who is sold to up to 17 men a night.

And everyday, I hate a little more.

Root beer is the crap that tastes like mouthwash, right?

No, no, no! It's goood, with a sweet but root-y taste that is smoother than smooth. You've just never been exposed to the good stuff. Interesting thing I learned over at the TWOP Doctor Who forum is that the Brits apparently don't have real lemonade readily available over there. Again, they don't know what they're missing!

Sad thing is, Ransone could legitimately face assault charges of his own. A co-kravver was charged with assault by his attacker a couple weeks ago. Shit ain't right.

I have to admit--I don't feel like a second class citizen of the world (not being a citizen of the US, and everything). I can't articulate why. But I do wonder what the species' "right" to continue is. Faced with a tribunal, what evidence could we give?

Root beer is only good in floats. Sans ice cream, it's nast. (Granted, I've never really liked any sodas, so I'm not really the target market here.)

On the plus side, there are guys like this out there.

awww Iggy! And he's a tiny little guy too.

But I do wonder what the species' "right" to continue is. Faced with a tribunal, what evidence could we give?

That's just what the Cylons said!

This morning I read that child sex tours are becoming popular in Georgia, and detailed a 16 year old girl who is sold to up to 17 men a night.

I read that yesterday. Nice. Apparently you get less jail time for doing this in America than if you go abroad.

I've honestly never felt like victimisation like this is a gender problem. I tend to see it as a human problem, I guess. I don't view it as a men vs. women sort of thing. I realise that in many places women are second class citizens, but no moreso than children, the elderly or the disabled are in some places too.

I used to love cream soda. Now just thinking about it rots my enamel. I like two sodas--Ting and ginger ale. I occasionally get Coke cravings, when I'm having a sore throat. But that's about it.

If they could make them less sweet, that'd be great. Because I do really like the fizz.

Aspartame is a migraine trigger of mine. I don't like the taste of Sucralose, but have realised that it might not be a trigger, and I'd be okay consuming things that managed to hide its taste.

Which really came out of nowhere, but reminds me of the other non-sequitur. What, other than upping a calcium intake, can be done to get stronger nails?

I've honestly never felt like victimisation like this is a gender problem. I tend to see it as a human problem, I guess. I don't view it as a men vs. women sort of thing.

But it is. It's the notion that women aren't people.

can be done to get stronger nails?

I've always been told eating jelly works, but I don't know if that's an old wives' tale or not. That would be jelly, the wibbly stuff, Jell-o as it's known on distant shores.