Showing posts with label texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label texas. Show all posts
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Wendy Davis' Texas
The Hairpin has an interesting article from a Texan woman on her experience with the Wendy Davis filibuster. It's a fascinating read, and a great reminder that while most Texas politicians are the worst (Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, Ron Paul, Pete Sessions, etc), some politicians and Texans are super awesome people trying to preserve our rights as women and move our state forward progressively.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Coming to a theater near you: Captain F**king Planet!
I credit a couple of things for my obsessive-compulsive environmentalism.
1) My love of all things animal
2) Blanco (my family's old ranch in South Texas)
3) The commercial for the WWF that would play before my George of the Jungle cartoons that depicted the jaguar in the rainforest and said VERY DRAMATICALLY that if I didn't help save the rainforest they would all die. Here's the thing - they had every right to be dramatic. It's true. Deal with it.
4) Captain Planet. He is my hero. He is going to take pollution down to zero.
And now, CP is getting his very own movie. I know we're all upset about the various toy-and-other-nostalgia-based movies out there, but this is one I can get behind. Because if CP worked on me, he could work on this next generation.
1) My love of all things animal
2) Blanco (my family's old ranch in South Texas)
3) The commercial for the WWF that would play before my George of the Jungle cartoons that depicted the jaguar in the rainforest and said VERY DRAMATICALLY that if I didn't help save the rainforest they would all die. Here's the thing - they had every right to be dramatic. It's true. Deal with it.
4) Captain Planet. He is my hero. He is going to take pollution down to zero.
And now, CP is getting his very own movie. I know we're all upset about the various toy-and-other-nostalgia-based movies out there, but this is one I can get behind. Because if CP worked on me, he could work on this next generation.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Good Morning!
What a morning.
It's a great one in Texas. The battle was won, though the fight is far from over.
It's a great one for gay couples and supporters of gay couples throughout the country. It's not as big a victory as they deserve, but at least it wasn't a defeat.
But let's not forget that although this morning feels good, the court still struck down one of the key tenants of our constitution - ensuring that all its citizens are allowed the opportunity to vote. We must not forget that, and we must fight against it.
It's a great one in Texas. The battle was won, though the fight is far from over.
It's a great one for gay couples and supporters of gay couples throughout the country. It's not as big a victory as they deserve, but at least it wasn't a defeat.
But let's not forget that although this morning feels good, the court still struck down one of the key tenants of our constitution - ensuring that all its citizens are allowed the opportunity to vote. We must not forget that, and we must fight against it.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Supercell (aka Super Storm) in Texas
I love Texas.
A supercell near Booker, Texas from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.
Isn't that gorgeous? It's actually really peaceful, mainly because there's nothing around there that might get hurt - just beautiful clouds doing their thing. When I was little, I used to love sitting on the front porch in Blanco watching the storms pass by...
[via Mental Floss]
A supercell near Booker, Texas from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.
Isn't that gorgeous? It's actually really peaceful, mainly because there's nothing around there that might get hurt - just beautiful clouds doing their thing. When I was little, I used to love sitting on the front porch in Blanco watching the storms pass by...
[via Mental Floss]
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