Another good one gone

nellorat's sister, who appeared on lj as nigelpuggle, died last week after 30 years of illness. I will miss her.

As a result I've been away for a week. What did I miss?

Winner

Ursula K. Le Guin gets a richly deserved lifetime achievement award and gives "the most ferocious speech ever given at the National Book Awards"

Thanx to papersky

Two thoughts on evolution

My observations suggest that men are just hardwired to believe in evolutionary psychology. I guess, millions of years ago on the African Savannah, there was an evolutionary advantage to the hunting sex being able to jump to swift, simple conclusions based on minimal data, & leave the detailed understanding to the Gathering sex who were evolving the skills for nuanced, dynamic theorization.

Thanx toandrewducker

If evolution is real, why are there still creationists?

Thanx towouldyoueva

Surprisingly, it correlates with Republicanism

Douchebag names

Thanx to Slate Star Codex

Women are people

Let's Just Say It: Women Matter More Than Fetuses Do

Thanx to Follow Me Here

Deep down inside

Skeletons of famous cartoon characters

Too many dead already

Transgender Day of Remembrance (a bit late)

Get used to it.

Gender is no longer determined by genital. We're reaching the point where a person's sex is what the person says it is. One thing this means is unisex bathrooms, like the anti-ERA people warned us against. I feel like the guy who voted for Goldwater, and next thing he knew, we had half a million troops in Vietnam.

"Bring it on"

John Boehner says Barack Obama is damaging the presidency itself. I am reminded of the immortal words of Mandy Rice-Davies: He would, wouldn't he? Jim Wright passes verbiage upon him and all of his ilk.