Linky things

OMG its a pile of links – this is what happens when I try to catch-up on my RSS fees:

• July 28th – Save us all from portrayals of responsible alcohol use – “The idea that banning something might encourage abuse of it is counter intuitive, but we have reams of experience at this point to show that the prohibition has created a culture of adolescent alcohol abuse”
• July 28th – Creating A Professional Teaching Environment – I really idolize the way this woman discusses professional crafting and discusses the way the fiber arts industry treats the people that promote it.
• July 28th – The Outdoor Garden Shower: Now Open for Business – Wish I had a backyard that would accommodate one of these
• July 28th – When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth, full-cast audio drama – One of my favorite authors crossed with my favorite podcaster!!!
• July 28th – Birth Of A Stupid Nation – HA! Totally worth it for the punchline.
• July 28th – Sports culture, rape, and why it’s not about being hard up – “Do people really think that rapists rape because they’re hard up? I don’t believe that for a second.”
• July 27th – Why don’t men read more romance novels? – “She talks about how the most effective—but still, sadly ineffective—treatment for women who are having problems getting aroused or having orgasms is to work on helping them unlearn to “perform” sex for men, and start approaching sex like men do, which is something you do for fun.”
• July 23rd – Listen to “Complex” Music to Get a Song Out of Your Head [Mind Hacks] – Finally a way to rid yourself of earworms
• July 23rd – A Visit to the Hopleaf -Beer wonderful beer  – and YAY!!! I am going here soon.
• July 22nd – Exploiting the quick to judge -Anti-abortion and panty-sniffers unite!
• July 22nd – Incredible – Yeah, What he said
• July 21st – On offendedness -I think I linked to this guy before on a related post – so yeah more of it.