If something is keeping you from it (like a napping child), ain’t nothin’ wrong with watching Roseanne re-runs for an hour while you plod along on your equipment. 

It’s a damn fine show. 

Here’s what the intensivist said to my patient as she was on the brink of dying of dehydration:

“I’m going to try to put a central line in you but you’ve shot so many drugs in your blood vessels that they may not be able to support the procedure.” 

First, I listened to this lady on Morning Edition say something like, “I want women to want something aside from womanly things.” Aside from the weirdness of wanting people to want the things this author wishes they would want (Although, I don’t think Beyonce should want to be Beyonce. She should want to be a steel mill worker!), this is a problem because this classic position that feminists of a certain generation hold diminishes the role of mother. It’s not really helpful to females because a) offspring happen (see Jurassic park) and b) child-rearing can be meaningful work. It would be more helpful if she said something like “I want women to want things that are fulfilling to them.” If she wants to help even more she would say something about supporting working women with dependents.

Full disclosure: I do womanly things and enjoy them (Mothering and nursing). I also got a degree in anthropology because I really liked Indiana Jones (which surprisingly isn’t a job).

Secondly, I read this poem. It’s depressing but works well with my understanding of the world. http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/dover.html