Laurabelle’s Blog

Last weekend, when Jeff and I were in Olympia, we played a fun little Sega game called Toejam and Earl. I had never played it before, and it turned out that I liked it a lot, mainly because it's a very collaborative game. Two people can play at the same time, one as Toejam and [...]

This really steams me. Most Americans don't realize this, but Iraq was the most liberal country in the Middle East in terms of women's rights. Saddam was a brutal dictator, but he oppressed everyone equally! Now, under pressure from the Shi'ite majority, Iraq is moving towards Islamic fundamentalism in exchange for political stability. (See Christopher [...]

Yesterday Jeff and I had a couple of his friends over for dinner (fruit salad, chili, and apple cobbler), and it was nice, except that I found myself oddly dissatisfied with the evening. It took me a little while to figure out why, but it comes down to manners. I don't mean to imply that [...]