I have been reading a Fat Acceptance (FA) blog for the last few days. It’s a witty, incisive look into the devastating consequences our fat-phobic society wreaks on people (mostly women). I found it because the author, Kate Harding, wrote an essay on Salon.com. I have known about the FA movement for years, but I… Continue Reading
GOP Sez: Keep the #!@#$(!#* Change!
Many years ago, a friend once told me that he considered me an optimist. Outraged, I pointed out my numerous cynical comments and countered that I was a realist at best, a pessimist at my worse. I was appalled that he viewed me as some pie-in-the-sky Pollyanna who only saw the good in everyone. In… Continue Reading
Yawn.
So the far right wingnut media are already blathering about how we’ve reached the apocalypse now that Obama has been sworn in (or HAS he?). No matter that they were the ones who said it was unpatriotic to question the decisions W. made once he was president BECAUSE he was president–they are the ones gleefully… Continue Reading
I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me
And I don’t mean the NSA with their illegal wiretapping of American citizens. Bear with me. I am pretty much a Luddite when it comes to gizmos and gadgets. I just recently got my first cell phone, and I leave it off whenever I’m not on it. I think I have actually HAD to… Continue Reading
Truly Madly Deeply–Before You See It
4:00 a.m. 1/15/16/05 I have long since established that two things make any movie better. Cello music and Alan Rickman. Truly Madly Deeply have both, which makes it one of my favorite movies. No, those aren’t the only reasons I like this movie so much, but it’s a good start. In fact, Alan Rickman is… Continue Reading
Truly Madly Deeply–After You See It
9:35 p.m. 12/26/04 Today, I am still depressed from yesterday. I decide to pop in another movie after watching the twelve o’clock football game. This time, a true comedy. Truly Madly Deeply. It’s like Ghost, I thought, except it has Alan Rickman in it with a really, really bad porn mustache. In fact, I almost… Continue Reading
MY American Prayer
I was going to post will i am’s, Yes We Can video, but it seems as if every blogger in the blogosphere has done that, so I am choosing a different video to post instead. This is Dave Stewart’s American Prayer, and it is my second favorite song from the silly season. It didn’t get… Continue Reading
Is Something Big Happening Today?
Well, since this is a slow day, I’ll just blog about the metaphysical musings that flit through my mind–oh, who am I kidding? It’s Obama all day long! I am wearing my Obama/Biden sweatshirt, nestled under two blankets, watching the pageantry of the inauguration ceremonies. Here are my thoughts. Sweet poetic justice that Cheney pulled… Continue Reading
Whew! And, Suck It, Cheney!
I read this article first thing this morning–ok, afternoon, so sue me–and felt a little of my tension melt away. It looks as if W. has no intention of burrowing himself in the White House. I should have known, given how little he actually wanted to do throughout his presidency. I am still wary that… Continue Reading
Holding My Breath
I should be ecstatic. In just one day, Barack Hussein Obama is going to be sworn in as President of the United States. A multiracial son of an immigrant and a single mother (not the same person, of course), is going to be the leader of our country. He is literate and eloquent, intelligent and… Continue Reading