Beanstyle Evolution

Will somebody PLEASE tell me why we’re *still* funneling money into somewhat dubious space programs? I mean – don’t we have enough domestic (and by domestic I mean “on the globe”) issues we need to focus on? Exactly how are these programs benefitting anyone (anyone other than the companies that manufacture the pieces [...]

from good ole boy construction talk. When people want to shoot the shit about favors they’re owed, plans for buying/building/selling property and other such stuff, can they AT LEAST go to another room?!

The more I hear about Roberts, the worse I feel about his nomination and the more scared I am about his almost-certain approval. I have tried to believe that there isn’t a “grand plan” to keep oppressing women but I think the reality is that there is something going on. Why else the [...]

So I have to give a big, humongous shout out to my teacher and friend, Amanda Byron. She took on Lars Larson today and she was awesome awesome awesome! I’m not linking to Lars’ site because I think he’s extremely unpleasant but you can google it if you must visit. Anyway, I was incredibly impressed [...]

So those of you who know me know that I moved out here from North Carolina. Spent several years in both small towns and in a fairly rural area of the state. I worked in construction for a while (office stuff) and have spent a good bit of time around construction workers [...]

Someone punched a hold in the door of my car. The hole doesn’t go all the way through, it’s just through the outer skin but it’s pretty nasty. It looks like someone beat on the door a couple of time (just under the handle), cut into the metal, and then peeled away a [...]

I thought I’d want to blog more once the term ended but I’m finding that’s not quite true. I don’t want to do much of anything that involves thinking and I find that blogging often sparks bouts of deeper thought than I’m currently interested in. I have a little list of things to [...]