I’m not feeling so hopey-changey right now. It’s not really Obama’s fault, right now, though.
First, I gotta vent. I had to run a quick errand. I was listening to NPR, and they had on the BBC, who were reporting on MJ’s memorial at the LA Staples Center. There’s some kind of bidding going on [...]
By now, you probably have read/heard that Governor Palin has resigned her position in Alaska, in effect, giving her two weeks notice. When I first saw the news on AKM’s FB page, I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Some of the friends I’ve made through the Mudflats started posting it in their statuses as [...]
Ed. Note: I started this last night.
So, I met two really cool women tonight who generously allowed me the use of their pool (thanks, gex), and permitted me to love up their gorgeous Alaskan Eskimo. In addition, their beautiful and elderly Siamese deigned to grant me the privilege of caressing him a few times. [...]
As you probably know, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett have both died today. They were both iconic in their days in their own ways, and, apparently, the whole country is mourning. I say this with minimal snark because death is sobering. However, I question the reaction of everyday people to these deaths, especially to Jackson’s. [...]
It’s funny what a twenty-five degree drop in the weather will do for you. Ok, maybe not for you, but for me, certainly. It puts a spring in my step and a smile in my heart.
Or not. Let’s not get too carried away. It does, however, dial the crankiness down a few dozen notches, so [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today, I want to introduce a topic that bemuses me, somewhat bewilders me, and ultimately, bewilders me: internet trolls.
When I first got on ‘the nets’ more than a decade ago, I had a free AOL credit thing, so I used it. I logged in as Asiangrrl (yes, I stick to a name once I pick [...]
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 in [...]