Ok. More political mishmash today. First up, words/phrases I NEVER want to hear again. Number one: earmarks. If I hear that one more time, especially from the lips of Grumpy McCain, I’m going to rip said lips off his face. It’s all posturing, especially when the so-called earmarks equal approximately one percent of the omnibus… Continue Reading
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A Potpourri of Politics
Ok. I have a bunch of shit running through my mind as usual. I don’t feel like separating it into separate entries, so I’m just going to mash them all into one. Let’s start with Meghan McCain. Apparently, she is fashioning herself to following in the footsteps of her father, though she claims she will… Continue Reading
It’s All About the Benjamins, Baby
I am not an economist, nor do I play one on the teevee machine (as my beloved Rachel would say), but my dad has a Ph.D. in economics, as does my uncle. His wife, my aunt, is working on her Ph.D. in economics as well. They have all asked me to edit papers for them,… Continue Reading
Putting My Head Back into the Sand
First of all, I have to give props to a video. I’ve seen three by this guy who does a Barack Obama impression, and this is the best by far. Ok, I am watching a fourth one, and the third one is still the best. Oh god, now I’m watching the Beyonce video that inspired… Continue Reading
A Performance Piece/Poem
I performed this piece several years ago–twice. Once in MN, and once in SF. I have decided to blow the dust off it and publish it because it semi-relates to the topic at hand today. Or not. I was going to write another piece, but I decided I didn’t feel like it, so this is… Continue Reading
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pens
I was going to title this post, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pans in honor of Rizzo, but since I don’t cook, it really didn’t make much inherent sense. Warning, I never read the book (or saw the movie), so I only have a vague idea what it’s about. The reason I swiped the title,… Continue Reading
Yahoo! I’m Nermal!
Well, ok, not really. Nermal, if you will remember, is Garfield’s nemesis. He is the self-proclaimed cutest kitten in the world, and Garfield hates him. I don’t blame Garfield, as I’ve always hated Nermal, too. However, he popped into my head the other day when I was ruminating over the word ‘normal’. See, I love… Continue Reading
Conversation Enders
I read www.washingtonmonthly.com daily, and you should, too. Yesterday, there was an entry entitled, The Birthers, which starts like this: “I call them “conversation enders.” These are comments that lead you to know, the moment you hear them, that the writer/speaker is either clueless or intellectually dishonest, and there’s really no reason to engage the person… Continue Reading
More Things Brit
3:41 a.m. 1/14/15/05 It never ends. That’s something Alan Rickman says in Dogma, and it’s true with my never-ending thirst for all things British. Correction: All things UK. I’m surprised I didn’t become hornier watching Liam Neeson in Kinsey as he’s an Irish lad as well, but he doesn’t do much for me. Neither does… Continue Reading
CIA Flap
Ed. Note: I’m not exactly sure when this was written, but it’s several years ago now. In rereading it, I see that it was written sometime in late 2003/early 2004. It still pisses me off. I watch the flap being made over the ‘news’ that the CIA fucked up the reports from Iraq, and it… Continue Reading