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These guys make crazy clothes I could see myself wearing some of that stuff. Note to self - keep practising sewing and you, too, can make crazy clothes like this
Spiderman killed Mary Jane with his, uh, radioactive web fluid? Okay, then. I'll just... be over here. Watching Heroes. With my lead-lined underpants. (Link contains NSFW text)
Spiderman killed Mary Jane with his, uh, radioactive web fluid? Okay, then. I'll just... be over here. Watching Heroes. With my lead-lined underpants. (Link contains NSFW text)
Finally finished American Backlash: The Untold Story of Social Change in the United States by Michael Adams. I read his book Fire and Ice: The myth of converging values a while back, so I figured I'd give this one a shot.
Adams is the founder of Environics, a big market research firm, so he's got a pretty big amount of data to work with. In American Backlash, he looks at values in America. his thesis is that the big culture war in the US is not between the Republicans and Democrats or the Right and the Left. It's between the Americans who are politically engaged, who vote, and the 50-40% of Americans who don't. Red or Blue, Americans who vote are closer to each other than they are to the disengaged. Similarly, the trends both the GOP and the Dems find most troubling about "America today" are frequently lead by the disengaged.
I found the book quite interesting. If you're interested in "what Americans believe/care about/value", then this is probably up your alley. It also does a region by region analysis. I learned that, if I ever wanted to go to the US long term, I'd probably be unhappy outside of Boston. He's also got some interesting analyses of the two parties, and the core and moderate members of each.
Adams is the founder of Environics, a big market research firm, so he's got a pretty big amount of data to work with. In American Backlash, he looks at values in America. his thesis is that the big culture war in the US is not between the Republicans and Democrats or the Right and the Left. It's between the Americans who are politically engaged, who vote, and the 50-40% of Americans who don't. Red or Blue, Americans who vote are closer to each other than they are to the disengaged. Similarly, the trends both the GOP and the Dems find most troubling about "America today" are frequently lead by the disengaged.
I found the book quite interesting. If you're interested in "what Americans believe/care about/value", then this is probably up your alley. It also does a region by region analysis. I learned that, if I ever wanted to go to the US long term, I'd probably be unhappy outside of Boston. He's also got some interesting analyses of the two parties, and the core and moderate members of each.
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When I got home Tuesday night, I saw something on the floor of the parking garage. My ring! Apparently, the previous Tuesday, while feverish, I'd put it in my pocket, then not heard when it fell out when I got home. I have been luckier than I deserve with this ring...
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