My Dad Predicts the Future

So, my dad calls me up to tell me that a.) they’ve found a house to rent while my mom finishes up her thirty years; b.) that my birthday presents should start dribbling in at any time now; and c.) that, if I want some of their furniture to fill my house with, I’d better [...]

I Thought I Was the Only One who Had a Bunch of These!

I like to sing praises to mine and dance around them naked, but I guess having a couple of your friends sit on one is cool, too.
(See the photo gallery for more.)
(And in completely unrelated news in no way related to the other item in this post, check this out.)

Things I Think Are Applicable to Other Things We’ve Talked About

1.  The Rotund makes this point about how people want to suck you in to their diet talk, in part, because dieting is all about performing “goodness.”  Brilliant.  I’m going to be mulling this over, especially in the context of women and our dieting.
Part of dealing with this is understanding that diets have a performative [...]

Mrs. Wigglebottom Predicts the Weather

Based on the behavior of my dog this morning, I say that it’s going to be a rocky day here in Nashville weather-wise.  There’s not a rain drop falling nor a distant peel of thunder and the dog is already panting and hiding in the tub.

You Know, As Opposed to those Lazy Americans.

This morning in USA Today, Clinton says:

“I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,” she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article “that found how Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states [...]