Comments on: Spinster aunt has an appointment in town, so this is all the post you get http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:41:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sandi LeoDog http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149788 Sandi LeoDog Sat, 30 May 2009 02:48:33 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149788 Twisty, no kidding; I found the most amazing Triple Creme Brie at the local 'Wegman's', made with goat's milk. It was the best brie I've ever had. And that's saying a lot. Because I am a cheese slut. Big time. Cheese is the only reason that I am not a Vegan. And for the record, I am totally against nuclear anything. Twisty, no kidding; I found the most amazing Triple Creme Brie at the local ‘Wegman’s’, made with goat’s milk. It was the best brie I’ve ever had. And that’s saying a lot. Because I am a cheese slut. Big time. Cheese is the only reason that I am not a Vegan. And for the record, I am totally against nuclear anything.

]]> By: Amber de Katt http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149669 Amber de Katt Fri, 29 May 2009 04:34:08 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149669 <i>Sooner or later your bags will pop like fermented bottles of Odwalla Superfood</i> I had that happen, sort of, once. First, for those who have never seen or drunk the stuff, Odwalla Superfood is a thick, slightly viscous beverage made from various fruit juices and purees (including banana), and contains open-cell chlorella and other green plant-derived ingredients. It's tasty, but it looks just like a bottle of liquid pond scum. I had a bottle at my desk at work... it had been kept cool after I bought it at the store and later on the way to work, and quickly refrigerated at home and then at work, so I wasn't expecting what happened. It ~didn't~ explode. Instead, when I'd just barely twisted the cap to open it, the contents promptly and energetically <i>geysered</i>. All over me and all over my desk. And all the various work-related appliances <i>on</i> my desk. Ever see the "Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke" video? Picture that. Except... did I mention this stuff looks like pond scum? Fully half the bottle geysered out. After I hosed myself off and mopped up my cubie as best as I could under the circumstances, I tasted the remainder after sniffing it first (since I was covered in the stuff, that wasn't difficult)... it tasted just fine, just like normal, except it was <i>fizzy</i>. I called Odwalla the next day to say "Hey WTF d00d?", and the gentleman who took my call said it sounded like the bottle had partially fermented somewhere in transit, but not enough to acually spoil the beverage -- just enough to impart carbonation. They sent me a coupon for a free replacement. I'm always <i>very</i> careful about opening bottles of Odwalla Superfood, now. Sooner or later your bags will pop like fermented bottles of Odwalla Superfood

I had that happen, sort of, once. First, for those who have never seen or drunk the stuff, Odwalla Superfood is a thick, slightly viscous beverage made from various fruit juices and purees (including banana), and contains open-cell chlorella and other green plant-derived ingredients. It’s tasty, but it looks just like a bottle of liquid pond scum.

I had a bottle at my desk at work… it had been kept cool after I bought it at the store and later on the way to work, and quickly refrigerated at home and then at work, so I wasn’t expecting what happened.

It ~didn’t~ explode.

Instead, when I’d just barely twisted the cap to open it, the contents promptly and energetically geysered. All over me and all over my desk. And all the various work-related appliances on my desk.

Ever see the “Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke” video? Picture that. Except… did I mention this stuff looks like pond scum?

Fully half the bottle geysered out. After I hosed myself off and mopped up my cubie as best as I could under the circumstances, I tasted the remainder after sniffing it first (since I was covered in the stuff, that wasn’t difficult)… it tasted just fine, just like normal, except it was fizzy.

I called Odwalla the next day to say “Hey WTF d00d?”, and the gentleman who took my call said it sounded like the bottle had partially fermented somewhere in transit, but not enough to acually spoil the beverage — just enough to impart carbonation. They sent me a coupon for a free replacement.

I’m always very careful about opening bottles of Odwalla Superfood, now.

]]> By: Digger http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149634 Digger Thu, 28 May 2009 23:23:38 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149634 What Speedbudget said. What Speedbudget said.

]]> By: ambivalent academic http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149616 ambivalent academic Thu, 28 May 2009 21:21:27 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149616 <i>They have no males. NO MEN. No shirtless ants to make me vomit. I want to be an ant!!!!</i> Yeah, but the trouble with ants is that their whole colony operates on an extremely rigid hierarchical social structure in which some classes are placed above the others in terms of value, and receive disproportionate benefits as a direct out come of this power differential. Sounds familiar, though in the case of female-only ant species, the matriarchy takes the place of the patriarchy as we all know and blame it. It is truly lobe-blowing. They have no males. NO MEN. No shirtless ants to make me vomit. I want to be an ant!!!!

Yeah, but the trouble with ants is that their whole colony operates on an extremely rigid hierarchical social structure in which some classes are placed above the others in terms of value, and receive disproportionate benefits as a direct out come of this power differential. Sounds familiar, though in the case of female-only ant species, the matriarchy takes the place of the patriarchy as we all know and blame it. It is truly lobe-blowing.

]]> By: Ron Sullivan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149553 Ron Sullivan Thu, 28 May 2009 17:35:09 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149553 Don't fret, Larkspur; we do have scorpions here but after lots and lots of carrying-on it's pretty sure we don't have brown recluse spiders. We do have, oh, assassin bugs (who, like spiders, are on our side if we're gardeners, but who pack a painful bite) and various other spiders ditto bites, and interesting microorganisms that can infect any old little wound from splinters or rosethorns or what have you and eat your flesssssssh. And we have the state supreme court and, scarier yet, all those voters. I'll hang out with the spiders, thanks. Don’t fret, Larkspur; we do have scorpions here but after lots and lots of carrying-on it’s pretty sure we don’t have brown recluse spiders. We do have, oh, assassin bugs (who, like spiders, are on our side if we’re gardeners, but who pack a painful bite) and various other spiders ditto bites, and interesting microorganisms that can infect any old little wound from splinters or rosethorns or what have you and eat your flesssssssh.

And we have the state supreme court and, scarier yet, all those voters. I’ll hang out with the spiders, thanks.

]]> By: Lindsey http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149530 Lindsey Thu, 28 May 2009 12:59:35 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149530 "It’s amazing that in 2009 we are justifying separate but equal" Speedbucket I agree, and it totally riles me that here in the UK it's called "civil partnership" and that they banned het couples from doing it so that the division couldn't be undermined. “It’s amazing that in 2009 we are justifying separate but equal”

Speedbucket I agree, and it totally riles me that here in the UK it’s called “civil partnership” and that they banned het couples from doing it so that the division couldn’t be undermined.

]]> By: MLH http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149528 MLH Thu, 28 May 2009 12:32:27 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149528 Well, I am happy to report that in Spain (where I am from) same-sex marriage is legal. Unfortunately, the patriarchy is alive and well over there, too. Must work on that... Well, I am happy to report that in Spain (where I am from) same-sex marriage is legal. Unfortunately, the patriarchy is alive and well over there, too. Must work on that…

]]> By: speedbudget http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149526 speedbudget Thu, 28 May 2009 11:24:33 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149526 It's amazing that in 2009 we are justifying separate but equal. It’s amazing that in 2009 we are justifying separate but equal.

]]> By: Vinaigrette Girl http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149525 Vinaigrette Girl Thu, 28 May 2009 11:21:12 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149525 Re prop 8 some commentators in teh blogospehere are reading the judgement and observing that what it actually says is that it isn't the legal family entity which is in fact denied by prop 8, but the specific label of "marriage", so it could be called "marridge" and be everything else a "marriage" is, but between same-sex people. The point being that now the rights to everything a marriage entails still pertain to same-sex unions, by 7-0 majority, bar the label, and that it won't take that long to changethat. Looking at the details, I think the supporters of prop 8 won a phony battle and have utterly, legally, lost the war. They just don't know it yet. Re prop 8 some commentators in teh blogospehere are reading the judgement and observing that what it actually says is that it isn’t the legal family entity which is in fact denied by prop 8, but the specific label of “marriage”, so it could be called “marridge” and be everything else a “marriage” is, but between same-sex people. The point being that now the rights to everything a marriage entails still pertain to same-sex unions, by 7-0 majority, bar the label, and that it won’t take that long to changethat.

Looking at the details, I think the supporters of prop 8 won a phony battle and have utterly, legally, lost the war. They just don’t know it yet.

]]> By: Julia/Joolya http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/05/27/spinster-aunt-has-an-appointment-in-town-so-this-is-all-the-post-you-get/#comment-149524 Julia/Joolya Thu, 28 May 2009 10:27:40 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=2413#comment-149524 I had a spider on my bed this morning, but not as exciting a specimen as this. Heads up for blamers: Zuska over at ScienceBlogs is doing an in-depth post series on "The Gender Knot" - first stop, "What is patriarchy?" http://scienceblogs.com/thusspakezuska/2009/05/the_gender_knot_ch_1_discussio.php I had a spider on my bed this morning, but not as exciting a specimen as this.

Heads up for blamers: Zuska over at ScienceBlogs is doing an in-depth post series on “The Gender Knot” – first stop, “What is patriarchy?” http://scienceblogs.com/thusspakezuska/2009/05/the_gender_knot_ch_1_discussio.php

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