“The gods have a great sense of humor, don’t they? If you lack the iron and the fizz to take control of your own life, if you insist on leaving your fate to the gods, then the gods will repay your weakness by having a grin or two at your expense. Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don’t be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. The dull and prosaic will be granted adventures that will dice their central nervous systems like an onion, romantic dreamers will end up in the rope yard.”
Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume.
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A bunch of stuff that I find, photograph, or write.
You can find more about me at http://about.me/katiejam.
Any questions? Ask 'em here.
May302012
May272012
Breakfast, morning reading, and cuddles with morning pig.
May222012
Current project.
May212012
How many established standards of medical care are wrong? It is not known. Medical practice has evolved out of centuries of theorizing, personal experiences, bits of evidence, expert consensus, and diverse conflicts and biases. Rigorous questioning of long-established practices is difficult. There are thousands of clinical trials, but most deal with trivialities or efforts to buttress the sales of specific products. Given this conundrum, it is possible that some entire medical subspecialties are based on little evidence. Their disappearance probably would not harm patients and might help salvage derailed health budgets. However, it is unlikely that specialists would support trials testing practices that constitute their main source of income. Instead, the research community performs studies of modest incremental value without even knowing whether the basic standards of care are appropriate.
Prasad V. Reversals of Established Medical Practices: Evidence to Abandon Ship. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012;307(1):37.
(Source: twitter.com)
May162012
Ouch. I just found an Etsy seller that has stolen my Rock Star Scientist images and has been selling them on tshirts. It’s a shame that people choose to do this kind of thing. It’s made me feel a bit sick to my stomach :(
I’ve reported them to Etsy but I’m a bit flummoxed as to how to enforce my copyright and possibly seek damages (they’ve sold at least 8 shirts with my designs).
Anyone have some knowledge about copyright infringement?
This always makes me sad. I don’t have an answer but I am sure someone else out there does.
7PM
Kim Possible as Mara Jade 2 by *FitzOblong
This really only makes sense if you like both KP and Star Wars.
I do.
Hee. I can’t not reblog it. (Also I REALLY need replacement goggles for my MJ costume.)
(Source: bancholazar, via postapocalypticfashion)
May142012
attractive thor is attractive
me right now
Okay, but I still want to live in his hair.
(via freeskywarp)
8PM
Fine, for the sake of titty leche, I’ll talk about the Time Magazine cover.
I’m sure the Time article has brought on many negative comments about prolonged breastfeeding and attachment parenting itself, but I think the true negative criticism to be said in light of that article is more about the article itself, and more specifically the way the issue has been packaged and presented in an exploitative and sensational manner. Anyone who allows themselves to feel offended or uncomfortable about the personal (and fully legitimate and well-founded) parenting choices of others is clearly sucking down industrial-strength asshole pills every morning, BUT there is definite validity to the arguments against the way the issue is being presented by Time. To just scratch the surface of what I mean, look at the cover: not just any breastfeeding mother, but a young, hot mother who is breastfeeding a very grown looking, male child. It immediately sexualizes the issue of breastfeeding as much as possible, which duh, is the very core of what makes people uncomfortable to begin with…the limitation of women’s bodies as instruments of sexual pleasure, rather than life-giving nourishment and support. The article may present valid points, but the photos do nothing but instigate the controversy, under a poorly-constructed guise of trying to break it down. It’s blatant, offensive (and highly effective, obviously) marketing. The issue NEEDS discussion on a wide scale, for sure, and it deserves the platform that Time is pretending to give it, but truly, they are not trying to push the conversation forward; they are trying to take advantage of the controversy. Instead of trying to help re-frame how the general public sees women’s bodies as something other than sex objects, it further objectifies them (and the act of breastfeeding) to sell magazines. And it’s worked perfectly.
She’s said it much better than I could. Emphasis mine.
8PM
Because someone asked me to put these in one place. I’m sure I’ll make a second gallery.
6PM
I bought a new dress at the thrift store today. I like it, even with the weird collar.
May112012
Can guinea pigs “talk” in their sleep? I’ve been watching the pigs all day today like a hawk because one of them was making a weird sound. I am pretty sure it was Pip, who was quite asleep but woke up when I got near the cage to check out that sound. Has anyone heard this before?
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