Notes on Napkins

motherjones:

The Pentagon is blocking LGBT and progressive websites, but not their conservative counterparts. Does your favorite blog make the censorship list?

• Question: I have read a lot of dates you went on with are males Then i read some females.dates. Do you have a male and female schedule? Do you schedule M M M M and then F F F F or do you mix it up ? Then I read that you fell for some guy that you wanted to give space to and you got burned? No offense but how are people supposed to want to go out with you if they think you are hung up on some other guy or girl Does posting your date experiences online get you more or less dates? - Anonymous
• Answer:

  I don’t have a schedule for men vs. women it just depends on who I meet.  None of my dates know my last name nor do they know about the blog.  If they DO know about the dating project it’s likely because I trust them enough to talk to them about it which would take several dates - at that point I don’t write a lot about them specifically other than positive things until it ends. 

  All of these dates are dates that in that early stage - first date place.  So if it comes to a point where I want to do more and date that person exclusively, then I wouldn’t date anyone else and he or she would be my focus. Also if you notice I never put people’s personal information on the web.  I never use their names unless they’ve given me permission to do so and then never their last names.  And realistically there’s only been one person that I liked enough to include in a more public relationship where she was comfortable about being public about us dating. 

  I don’t know if posting about my dating experiences online gets me more or less dates - I’m not sure how it could get me less dates if they don’t know it exists - because they don’t know my last name.  But on the whole - I’m a blogger and I do new media for a living.  So, this kind of goes along with my identity.  If you’re not willing to trust someone who blogs then I’m never going to be the right person for you.  It weeds through people who don’t get what I do and aren’t willing to be interested.

• Question: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD? - tumblrbot
• Answer:

  tough … but getting anonymous questions from a bot on tumblr isn’t one of them

Forgive Us Our Debts

In just over a month the Rolling Jubilee has raised almost half a million dollars, which has been used to erase more than $9 million of debt. Contributors get a bargain and those heavily in debt get a break. According to Jubilee officials, a $10 donation wipes out $200 of debt, while a $100 donation wipes out $2,000 of debt. The project is buying medical debt first since nearly 1 million Americans have been financially ruined by a calamitous illness.

According to the American Journal of Medicine, medical costs triggered more than 60 percent of bankruptcies in 2009, and most of those who filed for bankruptcy were middle-class, well-educated homeowners. So much for the stereotype of bankrupt bums who max out their credit cards on reckless consumer spending.

winter storm drako is so bad it’s snotting out there! 

And so it was on this day that the Jew was born. And so we eat #bacon #christmas #foodie #bacon

*sigh* the minds we need to change don’t know what “dystopian” means @MikeBloomberg

(Source: oinonio)

classwarkitteh:

We don’t normally share non-class war related cat stuff. But this seems worth it. Especially the ending.

Don’t worry, I’ll make afew war on christmas cats to make up for this breaking of policy.

(Source: ericballard)

Just a reminder SOCIAL SECURITY DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEFICIT!

Hey, Reporters: There are Female Obama Staffers

malefeminists:

Wonderful, wonderful work from Jess. A must-read, especially as the number of campaign post-mortem articles grows.

How come reporters only do stories about male staffers?

“We interrupt our bashing of teachers to honor our heroes…”

The latest cartoon from Richard Crowson.

Red velvet #cupcakes with white chocolate centers and bright green buttercream frosting

This cat will be meme’d like mad

Having It Both Ways: Partisan Dating

First Couple in freight elevator on Inauguration Night. Photo by White House Photographer Pete…

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No real sportsman uses an automatic weapon to hunt. The NRA doesn’t speak for me.