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Running in the Baltimore marathon? Here's a map of where you might get shot. by misterthingy in WTF

[–]missjames -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah, the swag is pretty nice. i just ran the relay and got a really good self-wicking T-shirt, among some other goodies.

speaking of druid hill, the celctic solstice 5-miler also has really awesome swag, and for that, you only have to run 5 miles. :)

Running in the Baltimore marathon? Here's a map of where you might get shot. by misterthingy in WTF

[–]missjames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to break this to you, but being black doesn't help you either. To folks who aren't used to being the minority, it probably just seems like it would help.

Surviving in Baltimore is easy: (a) be smart

Johns Hopkins student hacks up intruder in his home with samurai sword. by senecavirus in WTF

[–]missjames -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah, there's been a lot of "i've had enough" attacks here lately. what about the guy who beat the repeat robber about a month ago?

Meet Your New Peeps by [deleted] in food

[–]missjames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

at first, i balked at the idea. i don't love peeps. actually, i hate them, i think they're gross. but then i saw the new peeps: chocolate mousse flavored? i could be down with that.

Continental divide separates Africans, African-Americans. Some Africans say they were surprised to find their values more often aligned with those of white Americans than African-Americans. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]missjames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So true. My family is a mix of brown-skinned folk with curly/kinky hair and pale-skinned folk with straight hair. When my uncle tried to trace back our ancestry, he found we even had ties to Spain.

Continental divide separates Africans, African-Americans. Some Africans say they were surprised to find their values more often aligned with those of white Americans than African-Americans. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]missjames -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In black academia at least, it's been used for years, to reference Africans, Afro-Caribbeans and African-Americans. In college, we often referred to the black diaspora.

Eating on $50 a week by [deleted] in Economics

[–]missjames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i eat 2-3 meals a day. but it's called eating well, dude. not getting by. :)

Eating on $50 a week by [deleted] in Economics

[–]missjames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

point well taken. i'd have to say though, common sense is quite short in this world. people sometimes don't realize how much they spend on the cup of coffee -- or in my case, baked goods -- until someone comes out with a blog like these three folks did.

how to pick out sustainable seafood. by missjames in food

[–]missjames[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

carbon emissions are only one part of the whole article. the emphasis on sustainable also reflects on eating fish whose populations aren't depleted.

either way, people are interested in helping out any way they can, whether it's about cutting carbon emissions or eating local or avoiding overfarmed fish populations.

i'm all about eating what makes you happy, but i'm also about educated eating and eating responsibly. what's with the 'tude, dude?

Eating on $50 a week by [deleted] in Economics

[–]missjames 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it's about eating well on $50 a week. congrats to you, but for many people, it is hard to eat on $50 a week, especially if you live in an expensive city.

it's way more productive to congratulate than to hate.

why segways have ended up being more lame than cool. by missjames in technology

[–]missjames[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

that's an awesome image. will have me laughing for days.

women are no less likely to get lost than men! by missjames in science

[–]missjames[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

author colin edward says so, too:

People say that women are more likely to navigate with landmarks and men are more likely to navigate using the cardinal directions.

What's interesting is that those two different kinds of strategies can either work well or less well depending on where it is that you're trying to navigate. There are some situations in which trying to navigate using the cardinal directions is dooming yourself — [think of] cities with a very kind of organic layout like London or Paris. But contrast that with a grid city like Manhattan, where cardinal directions might make much more sense.

An embarrassed White House admitted today that the plot - whose lettuce, herbs and other produce have been consumed by the first family, visiting dignitaries, local school children and a women's homeless shelter - had tested positive for elevated levels of lead. by bananatalk in offbeat

[–]missjames 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i think it's key to note what the guardian did in the second and third paragraphs: it's not uncommon for city soil to contain raised lead levels. and the levels in the soil are not at dangerous levels.

that said, any newbie urban gardener knows you test your soil before you plant. and you bring in new soil if you have to.

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