soup!

For the first time, I made pasta e fagioli. I used a recipe from a little cooking booklet my mom gave me. I followed it almost to the letter, except I added bay leaves, crushed red pepper & (once I realized I added too much of the last) frozen corn. (Something I discovered from following Thai cuisine: sweet balances heat.)

It's pretty good! It's spicy but good. I have plenty, so I should have more than enough to supply me with lunch for the week ahead.

mainly Ferguson edition

The racial divide is on display in Missouri

How whites feel about Ferguson

Seven Arrested and One Shot After Protesters Defy Ferguson Curfew -- The curfew has since been lifted, with the arrival of the National Guard.

What will it take to restore calm and justice in the Ferguson community?

Other stuff:

Young Men Think It's OK to "Coerce" Partners for Anal Sex

Sex: Women 'just as easily hooked on online porn as men'

The condom cure! A Brooklyn medical student designs device to save women from bleeding to death during childbirth

Child's drawing 'predicts later intelligence'

Hey, Ladies--Being a Woman Is Easy! Deal With It! -- "Doree Lewak, a features writer for the New York Post, published an op-ed Monday night that touted the joys and thrills of getting catcalled by New York City's finest construction workers[.]"

Appalling: Teen's organ donation rejected because he was gay

Grouchy, angry, irritable and depressed: the hard cases, study says

Man poses for mugshot wearing T-shirt of his earlier mugshot