tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54598572024-03-14T06:07:34.890-05:00Screed1. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound.
2. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
3. A record of her attempt to climb out of writer's blockDelia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1685125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-52941660259842036862011-07-12T17:17:00.000-05:002011-07-12T17:17:37.199-05:00so. here we are.Here we are. Old friends since the craziness of Bush 2.
And now I think I might need to take a break. Oh, not permanently, but a bit of one.
Screed will not die, but it's not going to be the main place for me to be online anymore.
If you want the short and shallow me, find me on Twitter @DeliaChristina or @DeliaC.
If you want something more than shallow but less than long-form, and more Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-27965337257248421392011-06-06T18:43:00.000-05:002011-06-06T18:43:49.226-05:00asshat of the day: people with penisesWeiner Says He Sent Photos and Lied, But Won't Resign - NYTimes.comI swear to god, I don't understand men - especially men in elected office.There are some other things I don't understand:The massive ego that short circuits a man's Good Decision-Making Brain Center makes me wonder what other good decisions are being blocked.The over-weening pride in one's phallus that makes a man think that all Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-10908982540715251922011-04-22T16:16:00.000-05:002011-04-22T16:16:17.301-05:00Easter Back in the DayWhen I was a kid, Easter was the holiday you had to work for.
The hunt for the perfect Easter dress would heat up a few weeks in advance of Easter Sunday. This was a process that would almost always end in tears as mom would make her choice, I or my sister would pout, and so on, until a dress was chosen in exasperation that made none of us happy. (This was later rectified when Mom decided to sewDelia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-41508069408681154872011-04-18T16:55:00.001-05:002011-04-18T16:55:40.736-05:00Know what cures work rage?
Frolics, barbecue and lots of sleep.Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-18105535963137311762011-04-12T17:48:00.000-05:002011-04-12T17:48:25.303-05:00MY labor. MINE.I won't go into the minute details of my work rage right now.
But I'll just give some sage advice to budding sr. managers out there:
* If you have never put together an effective presentation, don't question how many hours go into creating one.
* And if all you have to do is open your mouth and speak the words that other people write, do NOT expect an open attitude about your revisions. You Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-19539013374752470052011-04-08T16:46:00.000-05:002011-04-08T16:46:10.220-05:00glad i'm not the only oneApoplectic about Abortion: One Woman’s Emotional Roller Coaster | Sexuality/Gender | Religion Dispatches:"I know my rage is hurting me as much as it is hurting my opponents. Can I try to understand what the sex police want? Do they want to justify their bathroom behavior? Do they want their mothers to “find something?” Are they themselves capable of the abstinence that they are forcing on women? Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-68728542972768742642011-04-07T17:41:00.001-05:002011-04-07T17:51:23.856-05:00asshat of the week: Idaho (joining a growing group of patriarchal f*ckers)ThinkProgress » Idaho Rejects Rape Exception In Abortion Bill Because ‘The Hand Of The Almighty’ Was At Work:
The disgusting number of women-hating pieces of legislation being pushed through various state legislatures is astounding.
But I think the Idaho bill is particularly galling: even if you were the victim of sexual assault or family sexual abuse you would be forced to keep the pregnancy.Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-13775900153802291662011-04-05T15:25:00.000-05:002011-04-05T15:25:35.282-05:00fat baby. that's me.I have gained a pound for every month of relationship happiness over the past 18 months.
Apparently, I'm so happy my ass is busting my pants!
I discovered this yesterday during my annual visit to my OB/Gyn. The nurse kept nudging the scale weight farther and farther to the right until it rested on 243.
I knew those jeans were a little tighter.
So that means tomorrow I'm dragging my 243 Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-49906158394967875062011-03-29T17:39:00.000-05:002011-03-29T17:39:45.684-05:00cleveland, texas: worse than you thinkNYT: Texas Rape Inquiry Shows a 3-Month ordealI post stories like this on my Facebook a lot. I'm sure I make my friends sick with all the stories about rape, anti-choice politics, and violence against women. But it's so easy for us to ignore how our society hates women in so many ways. So I use my account as a kind of library of sins against us.(But it's not all heavy depressing things like thisDelia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-69397046904059295702011-03-28T20:11:00.000-05:002011-03-28T20:11:39.276-05:00stupid, small world!Scene: Reproductive justice organization board meeting
CEO: Ok, new board members. I have two candidates and we need someone to interview them. One is Blah-Blah and the other is Professor Bleep Bleep.
DeliaChristina: Huh. Professor Bleep Bleep. Why is that name familiar...?
(blah blah interview schedule conversation continues)
DeliaChristina: Wait. What's her name again? The professor?
CEO: Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-7424373229732609962011-03-28T15:28:00.000-05:002011-03-28T15:28:34.354-05:00we are all diminishedThe Kill Team | Rolling Stone Politics:What you'll see when you click on that link will either make you angry, sad or (if you're someone who's missing a critical puzzle piece shaped like Human Decency) fill you with a sense of satiation. An eye for an eye, and all that.But years from now, perhaps many years, when someone has to write about the United States and how we went from being a shining Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-53671662458826670882011-03-26T20:58:00.000-05:002011-03-26T20:58:18.369-05:00the wrong jesusDangerous Minds | Amen to that: Why Evangelicals Hate Jesus:
Jesus was very clear that the pursuit of wealth was inimical to the Kingdom of God, that the rich are to be condemned, and that to be a follower of Him means to give one’s money to the poor. And yet Evangelicals are the most supportive of corporate greed and capitalistic excess, and they are the most opposed to institutional help Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-85758541526003377702011-03-25T16:32:00.000-05:002011-03-25T16:32:18.689-05:00asshat of the week: G.E.G.E. So Good At Evading Corporate Taxes That IRS Owes G.E. $3.2 Billion:the New York Times showed an incredibly rare bit of spine today by publishing a dull numbers story that is possibly the most enraging thing you’ll ever read: The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States. Its American tax bill? None.Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-90454240714835895182011-03-25T15:44:00.000-05:002011-03-25T15:44:06.201-05:00protecting government from religion
Wonk Room » Pawlenty: U.S. Should Not Be Governed By Religious Law — Unless It’s Christianity:
"During a recent address to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, Pawlenty proclaimed, “The Constitution was designed to protect people of faith from government, not to protect government from people of faith.” He added, “we need to be a country that turns toward God, not a country that turns away Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-20919867763025374912011-03-19T13:59:00.000-05:002011-03-19T13:59:22.957-05:00saturday morning pillow talkM- : i had a dream that i was waiting for you somewhere with some of your friends - i had never met before - and they were giving me a political ideology test.
DeliaChristina: oh, no! i'm sorry your subconscious is making my friends quiz you.
M- : no, it was ok. one of the friends was a guy, and he was on my side.
Ouch. Sigh.
M-: i had another dream that i sent snoop dogg back in time to the Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-57583095105102673332011-03-14T18:47:00.000-05:002011-03-14T18:47:04.818-05:00The 10 year plan"It's you and me, or it's nothing."
M- said this to me the other night and it's not as scary and stalkerish as it sounds. I forget the context for the conversation, but suddenly we were talking about What If we hadn't met. Maybe the conversation was prompted by my long trip in DC and the distance between us.
He said, 'Meeting you was..my chance. Before meeting you, I was fine with the idea of Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-48488557148027182142011-03-08T14:19:00.000-06:002011-03-08T14:19:11.856-06:00Miz D goes to WashingtonI have so many pet peeves about trips like this I can't even go into it.
But mainly it's one thing: learn how to use technology!
All these folks with their smartphones and not one way to use them smartly to navigate the city (i.e., search the metra system, map a route from airport to hotel, look up congressmen, etc.)
This is the first moment I've had to get my thoughts together.
The rest of Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-33660697453388155642011-03-07T22:06:00.000-06:002011-03-07T22:06:34.648-06:00It has been an age, hasn't it?
Tonight, I'm in Washington, DC for a business trip. I'm trying to cram information about the foundation excise tax into my brain but I really want some sleep. I think I may cram before coffee tomorrow.
It's lovely here - the weather is soft - and I'm sure this trip will be moderately successful (having already addressed one snafu) but I really think Lobby Days Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-88231419965819921662011-02-17T09:20:00.001-06:002011-02-17T09:25:26.525-06:00asshat of the day: the GOPHouse Republican Spending Cuts Devastating To Women, Families and the Economy | National Women's Law Center
Take a close look at some key words from critical reductions proposed by the GOP-led House:
contraception
healthcare
family planning
nutrition for pregnant women/children
prenatal care
Headstart
childcare
education
college
job training
social security/elderly women
meals
housing
cancer
Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-58165821199573379842011-02-15T23:57:00.000-06:002011-02-15T23:57:53.018-06:00for the WIN!My sister's long ordeal is almost over. Her judgment went her way and it seems she will enjoy full joint custody of her children. Yes, despite MABIL's efforts to reshape the world to fit his 18th century Mexico worldview, it seems the rest of the world has moved on.
But she still needs to rebuild her relationship with her kids (to undo all that has been done - and said, and reassert her maternalDelia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-44282638812646490022011-02-15T09:12:00.000-06:002011-02-15T09:12:52.070-06:00Funny how real life intrudes on what used to be soo important a few years ago. When I first started this blog I was filled with so much outrage, this was the only place I could let it out without breaking down. 9/11, and my mom's passing, made me feel impotent. This blog was something I could control - and something I could share. I'm happy that this space has been one where I can be smart (Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-256188421875895392011-02-02T13:28:00.000-06:002011-02-02T13:28:22.093-06:00snow day!This is my neighborhood. Yesterday, I scoffed at how bad the weather was but after LSD shut down and all those folks were trapped, and watching how the wind had blown snow to basically block off my street, I take it all back. Blizzaster 2011 is no joke.
However, just one block away, the street is clear, businesses are open and people are going about their way. So my snowbound world is very smallDelia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-19026062386343691692011-01-31T17:06:00.001-06:002011-01-31T17:09:35.241-06:00If you're going to call about HR3: a script via Sady DoyleWith a crappy piece of legislation like this - where the hate and cruelty are almost too much to bear - it helps to have a script when you're calling. Luckily, Sady Doyle provides one:
Sady Doyle - Script for Calling the Democrats Who Support HR3
I think it's still a little too long (staffers appreciate brevity) so I would cut it a little shorter, after you ask for the staffer who handles Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-13671182943996690242011-01-31T13:15:00.000-06:002011-01-31T13:15:54.209-06:00what the heck, carol?Carol Moseley Braun Says Opponent Was 'On Crack' While She Was Starting A Business (VIDEO):There are some things one shouldn't do, while running for office: - be exposed as a girlfriend beating nutjob (hello, Scott Cohen) - carry on with your filmmaker girlfriend while your wife battles cancer then pass off your love child as your campaign manager's (hello, John Edwards) - throw your opponent's Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-20632351692837247572011-01-30T12:39:00.000-06:002011-01-30T12:39:19.466-06:00the first thing they doThe New Abortion Wars - A Highly Intrusive Federal Bill - NYTimes.comThe above link is to a very thorough round up of the scope of HR 3, a remarkably intrusive, burdensome piece of anti-woman and anti-choice legislation from the GOP (and a short but significant list of Dems.)I find it very interesting that with unemployment still high and economic stability still tenuous, as well as several Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.com1