Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are Louisiana 1976, watercarrier4diogenes, dopper0189, jlms qkw, taylormattd and grog.

• Tara the Antisocial Social Worker continues her series on feminism and mythology in How a Woman Becomes a Goddess: Mayahuel. (dopper0189)
• lollydee reminds us that help is available in When the Economy Falters, The Fist Rises. (jlms qkw)
• Theodwulf, who admits he's "much further to the right than the lion's share of the "regulars" here", nonetheless diaries on how, step by step, suggestion by suggestion, several Kossacks caused him to become Converted on CC. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• Virago argues against the death penalty in a personal way in Daily Kos What if your dad had just 32 more hours to live? And was going to be killed by the state? (jlms qkw)
• abundibot takes a first look at how stimulus package transparency and accountability will be tracked in Wednesday Recovery.gov Change Log [Inaugural Edition]. (dopper0189)
• denis diderot tells us why it doesn't really "taste like chicken" in Chicken in America: A Lesson In Irony (And Bad Taste). (jlms qkw)
• jasonbl leads a wonderful discussion of Math and Art in Education. (taylormattd)
• jimbo92107 and his commenters agree Limericks Are Too Easy, however, they go to town writing various forms of humorous poetry. (jlms qkw)
• The Blue State Bandit has started a solid new series, Greening My Economy Chapter I:. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• Everest42 poetically shares the personal experience of facing today's economy in The Bandwagon I've Been Thrown Upon. (jlms qkw)

jotter gives us the day's High Impact Diaries - February 17, 2009, while sardonyx has Top Comments: Today's Comments Edition.

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