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Name: Holly
Country: United States
State: Missouri
Metro: Springfield
Birthday: 4/27/1981
Gender: Female
Interests: music, college basketball, international politics,
travel, psychology, xa
Expertise: ... is anyone an expert at anything?
Occupation: Administrative
Industry: Education/Research
Message: message me
Member Since:
9/28/2005
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| Today a chill is in the air... I love it! Last night I even ate a caramel apple to celebrate the changing of the seasons.
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| Supreme Court
So I'm a self professed junkie of the supreme court happenings this
year. I can't help it. It boggles my mind that so few Americans are
paying any attention (maybe this is merely my perception and the masses
are not off in la la land). This summer when the first vacancy was
announced I had an informal supreme court round-table discussion/party
at my house. We discussed what was important to us in potential
candidates, issues, etc. Since then Roberts was officially deemed Chief
Justice. And now during round two we watch Bush's nominee Harriet Miers
prepare for the confirmation process. To repeat what the news
commentators are saying about Miers, assessing the likely role she
would take on the bench is difficult bec. she lacks substantial public
record. Americans are urged by the President to trust the way that Miers would rule...
I personally appreciated Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy on the Supreme
Court. She has led an amazing life, and been a trailblazer in many
respects. I don't agree with her every ruling. However, I greatly
appreciate the fact that she didn't tow any party line and examined
individual issues. I also respect trailblazers. So part of me thinks
that Miers might fill O'Connor's shoes nicely. Of course politics being
politics is always a gamble.
My questions are these: *If you try and integrate your faith into your
political persuasions, are you interested in a justice who pulls the
party line or one with more "independence" such as O'Connor and perhaps
Miers? Why?
PS Sandra Day O'Connor's autobiography was a wonderful read, and I don't just say that bec. I'm from Arizona...
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| Magazines
This weekend I was with friends in the grocery and was asked to pick up
a magazine. I am not a mag. freak, although I do read Time, Newsweek,
or Vogue fairly frequently. I wasn't in the mood for deep reading, so I
picked up a copy of O (for the first and LAST time). I figured that
Oprah would include articles in her magazine of some relevance to real
life for the educated woman.
In short, I was not looking for articles about crafts to make with your
kids, 101 fall picnic recipes, 25 ways to tell if a guy is into you,
etc. (in no way am I trying to imply that parent/child activities,
recipes, or hook-up tips are synonymous with uneducated reading). While
this particular edition of O wasn't packed with the articles I was
avoiding, it also lacked any other material. After reading it cover to
cover, I remember a three page spread about a woman's apartment,
three pages about cheery ways to eat breakfast, a page comparing
kitchen appliances, and a few pages about how to plan a party like
Oprah. In short, the magazine had NOTHING in it.
My O mag. adventure did nothing but frustrate me to the point of
analyzing the culture of today's magazine readers and admitting I felt
ripped off. Here are a few of my thoughts after the experience:
*Magazines like O are marketed to the upperclass, working woman.
However, the contents of this magazine (or lack thereof) wouldn't be
stimulating to any woman I know. In trying to appeal to every woman,
the magazine lost any appeal at all.
*Funny, that this mag. in particular is aimed at the upwardly mobile
woman. The article about how to throw a fete like Oprah was
particularly interesting to me... Socialite women do not read O
magazine bec. it is not elevated enough. Furthermore, they do not need
to worry about how to throw a party - they pay somebody to take care of
it! The women who do read the magazine will never be able to simply
have china made the color that matches their decor, one tip Oprah
highlighted in her magazine. I am left to wonder who this magazine
actually reaches...
*Is this a sign that educated women really only care about throwing
parties? For all of the hype Oprah has garnered about empowering women
etc., her mag. seems like a throwback to the 1950's and Mrs. Cleaver
dreaming of the party she could never afford to throw.
Having completed my rantings, I do want to state that I am not on the
hunt to display feminism at the turn of every corner... Maybe next time
I decide to buy a mag. (a long time from now) I will buy a copy of the
new Vogue for Men. The September issue of '05 is the first
publication...
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| I wonder how much people who
do the whole blog thing really think about what they will post? Does
one just log on and write things at random, or sit and think about the
exact content of their entry?
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