Author Archives: dichroic

Turning protest to pablum: when will they ever learn?

Posted on July 14, 2016 by dichroic

To the people who want to take “This land is your land, this land is my land” out of copyright: there’s really no need. I bet Woody’s heirs would be glad to let you use it if you just use … Continue reading →

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who will be left to speak for you?

Posted on July 12, 2016 by dichroic

First, because I want to say a thing I think is important and I don’t want to be misunderstood: Black lives matter. Of course all lives matter, but Black lives are at an unfair and unwarranted level of risk today … Continue reading →

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a short sermon I need to get off my chest

Posted on July 8, 2016 by dichroic

Black people. BLACK people. Black PEOPLE. BLACK PEOPLE. Usually when we(1) say that phrase we’re stressing the first word – the thing that the people it describes have in common, that brings them together. And they did come together last … Continue reading →

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pray and hope for the peaceful, everywhere

Posted on July 5, 2016 by dichroic

If you’ve had a sprained ankle, you might have gained some knowledge of what it would be like if you couldn’t walk. If you’ve been broke during college and didn’t have parents who could just send you money, you might … Continue reading →

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the young Darwin

Posted on June 30, 2016 by dichroic

Reading Voyage of the Beagle in preparation for our Galápagos trip, I am finding the young Charles Darwin unexpectedly charming, in a sweet and very geeky wayk. The man is (was, but as long as I’m reading the book he’s … Continue reading →

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assorted comments while watching the House sit-in

Posted on June 22, 2016 by dichroic

Holy fucking shit. The US House Minority Leader James Clyburn has just said that he’s divided Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letters from Birmingham Jail” into 46 parts, and they’re going to read it out loud in the course of the … Continue reading →

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WIP and FOs, because why not

Posted on June 22, 2016 by dichroic

I think it’s been a really long time, since I posted any knitting photos here. This weekend will be our third Black Sheep Squared knitters’ retreat – the ‘retreat’ is basically just me inviting people to stay at our lake … Continue reading →

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windfall

Posted on June 21, 2016 by dichroic

Good heavens. I’ve just gotten a credit on Amazon from the Apple price-fixing settlement … for a hair under $250. The time span the settlement covers falls within my expat years; I bought a *lot* of books in those years. … Continue reading →

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Why it’s not good to set up memorial crosses for people you don’t know

Posted on June 18, 2016 by dichroic

What I said on Facebook, about the guy who made 49 crosses and brought them to Orlando, to represent the people killed the last week: “If someone put up a cross for me when I died, I’d come back and … Continue reading →

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There *is* something you can do

Posted on June 12, 2016 by dichroic

It’s a bit depressing to watch the reaction to this morning’s Orlando shootings. The right blames Obama. The left blames Trump. People screaming to ban refugees, ban guns, their solution will fix everything. It’s as if the most important thing … Continue reading →

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