Just caught the last Top Chef episode on the DVR last night, and oh, the pain. Dale, though prone to bouts of frightening immaturity (see: punching locker, grabbing crotch threateningly), went far too soon, especially considering the caliber of some of the remaining contestants on the show: Hate hate hate! How can anyone look at [...]
Slightly related to my last post – a couple I know is having twins next week! A few months ago I had asked the mother if she knew the gender of the babies yet; she replied that they knew but didn’t feel that they wanted to share that information until the babies were born. A [...]
Listening to NPR yesterday I caught this story on the air, about two families taking two different approaches towards the apparent gender identity confusion of their sons. The remarkable thing about the story is how young the boys are – both boys were just two years old (!) when the parents report noticing something amiss. [...]
Finally, an interesting and decently-written article in the campus newspaper: A question of identity, concerning the controversy surrounding KU professor Ray Pierotti’s claim of native Comanche heritage. This isn’t just a matter of a person embellishing their familial history to sound more interesting, like a girl I know who showed up at a multicultural affair [...]
