tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post6222631670935436327..comments2024-03-25T17:38:55.490-07:00Comments on Dar Kush: Today's My Birthday!Steven Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-68980211546704394382008-03-05T04:19:00.000-08:002008-03-05T04:19:00.000-08:00"That study is interesting. In my life, I'd say pr..."That study is interesting. In my life, I'd say problems related to race edge out gender, but just barely. Like, on a scale of 1 to 10, race would a be a 5.1 to gender's 4.9..."<BR/><BR/>Or what if the racism score and the sexism score add up to more than 10? Sometimes it's hard to tell whether abuse is more racist or more sexist.<BR/><BR/>For example, I'm part, well, "Mediterranean." When I was 10 my face started growing hair like my mother's does, and some kids at school bullied me for it (and kept up the bullying after I learned how to remove the hair). At first I thought it was just sexism (since my parents told me I was white). When I was 11 I was confused about whether the bullying was sexist (since my brother didn't get bullied for his facial hair) or racist (since the trait seems to be rarer in girls who aren't Middle Eastern or Latina).<BR/><BR/>Now I realize African-American women and girls probably face similar (but much worse!) treatment, in addition to facing the same racism African-American men and boys face and the same sexism white women and girls face...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-25535110253851834822008-03-03T19:20:00.000-08:002008-03-03T19:20:00.000-08:00Happy (belated) Birthday. Sorry I missed it. Now I...Happy (belated) Birthday. Sorry I missed it. Now I guess I'm caught. I don't read you <I>every</I> day. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-44135492235972029052008-03-03T03:49:00.000-08:002008-03-03T03:49:00.000-08:00Happy belated Birthday, Steve. Your work, and this...Happy belated Birthday, Steve. Your work, and this blog, have enriched my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-35612149204093765862008-03-02T16:27:00.000-08:002008-03-02T16:27:00.000-08:00Hey Happy Birthday you old fart you.And here I was...Hey Happy Birthday you old fart you.<BR/><BR/>And here I was under the impression you were younger than me but you got me beat by two years.<BR/><BR/>Don't matter, you're probably a lot younger than me physically.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your day!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123761608738909200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-65134494420595372432008-03-02T14:51:00.000-08:002008-03-02T14:51:00.000-08:00A belated happy birthday, old man. :-)A belated happy birthday, old man. :-)Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-39656412179133624072008-03-02T09:48:00.000-08:002008-03-02T09:48:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday, Steve!Thank you for challenging ou...Happy Birthday, Steve!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for challenging our world.<BR/><BR/>I have spent the weekend at Potlatch in Seattle. This Potlatch honored Octavia Butler, who was a personal friend to me and many others who attend. Potlatch is a small convention that helps support Clarion West. Octavia died two years ago during Potlatch. We who knew her expected her to be there, then we learned of her fall and death. <BR/><BR/>Each Potlatch there is a "book of honor." This year it was <I> Parable of the Sower</I>. Nisi Shawl moderated. There were many comments that paralleled the questions you posed today. <BR/><BR/>The discussion of the book of course centered on Lauren Olamina, the heroine. One "conclusion" that came out of a discussion that involved many people on the panel and in the audience, was that Lauren Olamina planned to be a leader. She gathered the tools she needed to lead. She created a vision to guide her. She chose her people not by their utility but by their spirit. The forethought and deliberate course of action of her endeavour defined who she was and who she was becoming.<BR/><BR/>I mention this, because I was struck by the focus on past that the (self) definitions imply. In my own life I am thinking about the definitions that I apply to myself, and considering how much they limit me. <BR/><BR/>Your questions and this part of the discussion is important, but as Ted Sturgeon used to say, "ask the next question." What are you gathering so that you will be more -- a leader, a writer, a physician, who knows -- who you want to be?mjholthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626250928180743075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-58672936436633869552008-03-02T09:19:00.000-08:002008-03-02T09:19:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday Steve! Your writings have definite...Happy Birthday Steve! Your writings have definitely made a positive impact on my life.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>MikeMike Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634414529649908616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-52155953503668095132008-03-02T06:26:00.000-08:002008-03-02T06:26:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Josh Jasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441897278413737658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-25070241794839729082008-03-02T04:22:00.000-08:002008-03-02T04:22:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday, even if I'm hitting the blog reade...Happy Birthday, even if I'm hitting the blog reader a bit late. :) And I agree absolutely re: the drugs. [sigh] I have to hope that <I>some</I> day our society will have a relatively sane attitude toward recreational drugs.<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-77687593630860806222008-03-01T18:57:00.000-08:002008-03-01T18:57:00.000-08:00Tai Chi is available to all. And thanks, folks, k...Tai Chi is available to all. And thanks, folks, knowing that there are folks on the other side of my musings makes a difference.Steven Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-79443492115908535952008-03-01T18:15:00.000-08:002008-03-01T18:15:00.000-08:00Happy BirthdayI wish you well and that you keep on...Happy Birthday<BR/><BR/>I wish you well and that you keep on writing for many more years, because I really enjoy your books.<BR/><BR/>Marty SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-79614283653521380692008-03-01T17:44:00.000-08:002008-03-01T17:44:00.000-08:00Happy birthday, man. Hope the day went well.Happy birthday, man. Hope the day went well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-27137457123259362652008-03-01T17:33:00.000-08:002008-03-01T17:33:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday! And best wishes for many more!That...Happy Birthday! And best wishes for many more!<BR/><BR/>That study is interesting. In my life, I'd say problems related to race edge out gender, but just barely. Like, on a scale of 1 to 10, race would a be a 5.1 to gender's 4.9...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-31441822212809181672008-03-01T17:20:00.000-08:002008-03-01T17:20:00.000-08:00Happy birthday, many happy returns.Your work has t...Happy birthday, many happy returns.<BR/><BR/>Your work has touched many lives - speaking only for myself the world is a better place for your having been in it.Brian Dunbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12952894032434503816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-23953164944185462032008-03-01T16:48:00.000-08:002008-03-01T16:48:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday!Looking forward to Millennicon in a...Happy Birthday!<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to Millennicon in a couple weeks. Will the Tai Chi be something that rank amateurs can handle, or should I stay away?Khyronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238333183758341514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-42587779712961821602008-03-01T16:41:00.000-08:002008-03-01T16:41:00.000-08:00Hi SteveHappy BirthdayThank you for expressing you...Hi Steve<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday<BR/><BR/>Thank you for expressing you viewsBrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701142021686491264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-8025363265624266172008-03-01T16:30:00.000-08:002008-03-01T16:30:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701142021686491264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-41252752944303259742008-03-01T16:04:00.000-08:002008-03-01T16:04:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday -Thanks for an always-interesting w...Happy Birthday -<BR/><BR/>Thanks for an always-interesting website.<BR/><BR/>--Paul WorthingtonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-84820552692780934322008-03-01T10:09:00.000-08:002008-03-01T10:09:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday, Steve! May your life continue to b...Happy Birthday, Steve! <BR/><BR/>May your life continue to be challenging, rewarding and fulfilling.<BR/><BR/>MarcoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com