Godwin?

Phoenix Woman at Firedoglake notes that the media has once again hauled out the "what will we tell the children" meme for the Spitzer case. But of course they never do this for Foley, Craig, Vittner, etc. Bonus Godwin's Law flouting: pic of Nazi Family Values.

"Sichert die Volksgemeinschaft!" Jawohl!!

T-Rex cock!

Yes, that is an accurate description of this NYT article. ("A Tyrannical Romance" by Olivia Judson) It describes some thoughts on how you can read social behavior from sexual traits. Works for humans, works for dinos... kinda.

wow!

People with a History -- fucking fantastic.

People with a History presents the history of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people [=LGBT]. It includes hundreds of original texts, discussions, and [soon] images, and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world.

This will be a gold mine for primary and secondary sources.

history of engagement rings

Evidently they boomed right after the time women could no longer sue for "breach of promise to marry". (in the 1930s) And so, since women's valuable commodity of being a virgin needed some kind of financial protection in such breaches, the engagement ring was born! (via Pandagon, original article in Slate)