erica saves the day

The random shit that goes through my head.

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 3:42 pm

Reblogged from joyengel.

“If this amendment passes, it will mean that virtually all women with insurance through the exchange who find themselves in the unwanted and unexpected position of needing to terminate a pregnancy will not have coverage for the procedure. Abortion coverage will not be outlawed in this country. It will simply be tiered, reserved for those rich enough to afford insurance themselves or lucky enough to receive from their employers.”

Ezra Call your Representative NOW (via joyengel)

Friday, November 6, 2009 at 2:31 pm

Reblogged from meredithnyc.

meredithnyc:

Periodic Table table
I hated every second of the one year of chemistry I took in high school. This is for the rest of you science nerds.

meredithnyc:

Periodic Table table

I hated every second of the one year of chemistry I took in high school. This is for the rest of you science nerds.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:10 am

Autotune Carl Sagan & Stephen Hawking. This is quite possibly my favorite thing, ever. (via)

UPDATE: Did you know there’s a whole Symphony of Science series!?!

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:22 am

Reblogged from meredithnyc.

“Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the protections that we have for religion — we protect religion. And talk about a lifestyle choice — that is absolutely a choice… It’s a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same basic rights as someone else…”

— Jon Stewart (via christinefriarsade, nolauren, meredithnyc)

Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:40 pm
The best revenge is not served cold. It is sending your ex one of these chastity e-cards 12 months after you break up.

The best revenge is not served cold. It is sending your ex one of these chastity e-cards 12 months after you break up.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:45 am

Best Pro-Choice Halloween Costumes

  • Dress normally. Since STDs often can’t be distinguished with the naked eye, it’ll be up to you to tell people what you are.
  • Wear all your winter gear and curl into the fetal position whenever possible: You’re a frozen embryo.
  • Walk around with a bunch of babies: You’re “abstinence only” sex education
  • Wear all black, but then spell out the word “Damn” on your chest with bright green dental floss: You’re a Dental Dam!

Oh yes, there are many more.

Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5:00 pm

Who set the Hipster pipe bomb?

Did you see? Someone set off a bomb made of Draino this Saturday night/Sunday morning in South Williamsburg. Why would someone want to terrorize this otherwise innocuous block? My guesses on who the drain-unclogging-enthiasts/terror group might be:

  • Publicity stunt for the new Heathers Musical gone horribly awry
  • Chabadniks reclaiming the ‘Burg as their own (feel free to read into the Draino whatever metaphors you/G-d sees fit)
  • Gang of hipsters from Bushwick trying to flee their bedbug infested hovels by stiking fear into the hearts of residents and thus lowering property values (bonus evidence: who else but the bearded would have Draino readily lying around the house?)
  • Victims of the no-longer affordable-in-a-recession coke prices trying to find other options
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 1:59 pm

Reblogged from lizlemon.

30 Rock is BACK

  • Jenna: You probably don't know this because you've never played a Moonologist, but werewolves only come out at night.
  • Liz: Yes, I remember that from the Thriller video.
  • Tracy: Too soon.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 6:02 pm
You know, fuck all this poitical back and forth BS about health care. Seriously. Remember when we were all so excited about how Obama was going to give us free health care, and all the freelancers and unemployed people and homeless people and poor people wouldn’t have to like die because they got the flu (not even swine flu!)? And then remember how sad you’ve been watching these crazy fucking people say stupid shit about death panels and socialism and it kind of makes you want to cry because you feel like it’s back when George Bush was president and the only people that the news listened to or who had political power seemed batshit crazy and you started to wonder if maybe actually you were the crazy one or something? Even though all you wanted was to make sure people weren’t dying for stupid reasons like the flu or a war or something?
Anyways, Planned Parenthood is doing this thing where you take a picture of yourself holding up a sign saying what you want from health care. OK, it might not smother the voices of the teabaggers (heh) or anything, but it’s something, and pictures can be a pretty (and pretty effective) way to make your voice heard. Also, politcally correctness be damned — why the fuck shouldn’t my health insurance, or the goddamned government, pay for an abortion if I need one?

You know, fuck all this poitical back and forth BS about health care. Seriously. Remember when we were all so excited about how Obama was going to give us free health care, and all the freelancers and unemployed people and homeless people and poor people wouldn’t have to like die because they got the flu (not even swine flu!)? And then remember how sad you’ve been watching these crazy fucking people say stupid shit about death panels and socialism and it kind of makes you want to cry because you feel like it’s back when George Bush was president and the only people that the news listened to or who had political power seemed batshit crazy and you started to wonder if maybe actually you were the crazy one or something? Even though all you wanted was to make sure people weren’t dying for stupid reasons like the flu or a war or something?

Anyways, Planned Parenthood is doing this thing where you take a picture of yourself holding up a sign saying what you want from health care. OK, it might not smother the voices of the teabaggers (heh) or anything, but it’s something, and pictures can be a pretty (and pretty effective) way to make your voice heard. Also, politcally correctness be damned — why the fuck shouldn’t my health insurance, or the goddamned government, pay for an abortion if I need one?

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 5:59 pm

Reblogged from meredithnyc.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 4:42 pm
“Yeah, they just started questioning us. Now all I have to do is act really racist and I’ll be out in no time.”

— I was going to write some incensed commentary about this remark I overhead on the jury duty lunchbreak, but now that I think about it, a person who thinks that ‘playing the racist card’ is a good idea, especially at the courthouse in downtown Brooklyn, probably shouldn’t be on a jury in the first place.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 10:56 am
Most hated girls in NYC? I hope so.

Most hated girls in NYC? I hope so.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 12:49 am

Dispatches from Hasidica: Carjacking edition

When your neighborhood has seen enough slashings, stabbings and poisoned machete attacks to fill a B horror movie, a police blockade around the corner from your house is something you notice.

Which is why I biked towards the cop cars on my way home down Wythe avenue tonight. Turns out there was a car jacking, but they caught the guy, which in the enclave of super religious Hasidic families I live near means a five alarm quarantine of the area and a conference with all the local heads of households.

I saw for the first time Hasidic policemen, some in normal uniform and some in those special windbreaker jackets like the FBI, DEA or bomb squad wears in movies, which made me wonder if they were working undercover like that Melanie Griffith movie from the 90’s. I also saw what I can only assume were members of the super secret private armed guard that patrols the neighborhood with machine guns and minivans. These are people whose existence until tonight I’d actually considered an urban legend, best used to freak out newcomers to the neighborhood. But there they were, amidst the mothers on balconies clutching their babies, the crowd of patriarchs gathered around the scene of the crime in their black hats and long coats, standing in the spotlights of about six parked minivans’ headlights while their young sons lurked behind them with a mixture of adolescent bravado and fear.

But the best part was the cop who I encountered at the first blockade.

“What happened?” I asked, thinking of shootouts, dead bodies and guns, blood, knives and the anxiety-ridden horror show that would be my walk home for the next two weeks.

“Oh, attempted car robbery,” the cop sighed. “Some guy tried to jack a car and got caught, and now they’re taking prints.”

“But is it safe?” I asked, eying the five patrol cars and crowd of officers that lay ahead.

“Lady,” he said, looking up from his book right at me “there are about fifty cops down the block. This is the safest damn place in Brooklyn.”

Friday, October 9, 2009 at 11:10 am

Little known aftereffects of the almost but not quite swine flu.

me: I didn’t bring lunch today.
me:
did you?
Co-worker:
i did.
me:
dang.
me:
I might walk to get a
me:
omg
me:
what are they called
me:
the corn things
me:
that are cheap
me:
and we like so much
me:
that come with the rice and beans?
me:
AND THE SALAD???
me:
MIND BLANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
me:
COLD HAS KILLED ALL BRAIN CELLS
me:
CAN NO LONGER THINK OR REMEMBER INSIGNIFICANT FACTS
Co-worker:
…tamale?
me:
omg yes yes yes tamale.
me:
thank you thank you thank you

In which I realize in might be time to go BACK on the cold meds.

Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 5:31 pm

Reblogged from brendanmc.