Freedom from the Press

Today I read something so stupid it made me dizzy and I had to put my head down on my desk until the dizziness passed.  From Shakesville: “If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations,” Palin told host Chris Plante, “then I [...]

Why Rachel Maddow in Eye Shadow Depresses Me

Let’s first talk about Mal. I met Mal in Boston when I went up there for the premier of my play.  And she was… hot might not quite be the right word… there might not be a word yet in the English language.  But let’s go with hot.  She’s hot in a way that makes [...]

Okay, Fine, The Crying Thing

I’m willing to take my lumps for being all girly and crying after voting.  Fine, tease away.  I have a soft, uncynical part, I admit it. But we have to talk a second about this whole “I don’t understand why a white girl would cry about being able to vote for Obama” thing. See Roger [...]

I Hate Chicken

Okay, I’m just going to admit it.  We’re all supposed to switch from a beef to a chicken diet, and I can’t do it, because I find chicken revolting. I don’t mind the taste of chicken.  I can eat chicken I prepare myself, when I can bring myself to prepare it, but the gristle and [...]

Freaky Friday

It’s Halloween.  I refuse, therefore, to participate in “Feel Good Friday.”  There’s nothing scary about “Feel Good Friday” (unless you count the eyeliner on the woman who makes Mack feel good). But I will share with you this creepy video for this creepy song. And these creepy witches that greeted me when I got into [...]

In Which I Admit Something Stupid That’s Eating at Me so That I Can Get Over It

So, occassionally, I need my friends to act as if I’m so fucking amazing that they’d rip my clothes off right then and there if it wouldn’t get in the way of our friendship.  That’s not the stupid thing I want to admit to you, it’s just a stupid thing I need to admit to [...]

Another Post I Love

You know, it’s going to be very hard for me to read scholarship of any sort from here on without thinking of this.

The Real Exorcist

I have totally been sucked in by this show on the Sci-Fi channel–”The Real Exorcist,” which appears to be a giant infomercial for this charlatan.  The most disturbing thing about this, as far as I can tell, is that he answers to no one, there’s no one he’s checking in with to make sure he’s [...]

If Dogs Could Blog…

This dog snoring here next to me would tell you how she spent the morning tied to a tree while the Butcher layered five hammocks on top of each other and napped in the top-most one and how she had to bark and bark and bark at me to get my attention about what an [...]

Okay, One More Old Person Votes for Obama Story

She hung on long enough to vote for Obama.

I Get Confused

If Obama is really the son of Malcolm X, is it no longer relevant that he was secretly born in Kenya but issued an Indonesian passport?  Is it better or worse proof that he’s a secret Muslim?  Would that make his “real” name Barack X?  I find that difficult to say, the “ack” and then [...]

But Why Would You Want To?

Rob Huddleston asks So you think that if I hung a stuffed Barack Obama from the tree in my front yard that I would even be allowed time to remove the offending implement? Or would the enlightened liberal thought police have already torched my house before I got home? And I have a couple of [...]

Go Ahead, Ask Me What I’m Drinking Right Now

Water!  With ice!  From my fridge.  I haven’t yet checked to see if the microwave works, because I don’t need anything microwaved, but it is installed! Will wonders never cease?

Hippie Liberal Crap

I am just going to admit up front that I sat in my car and cried like a giant baby after voting. Here’s the thing, in my defense–I drove up past colleges and churches where the Civil Rights Movement was fostered, had to wait to park, there were so many people, and it was crowded [...]

I Love This So Much

This is exactly the kind of smart, thoughtful reading about paganism that I enjoy. The fact that it’s in Slate? Blows my mind.

The Best Part is the Cute Smile at the End

Her pronunciation of “Bare-Rack Obama” reminds me though that one of the local newsfolks calls him “Brock O’Bama” which almost sounds like a Southside Irish name. In other news, Kay Brooks uncovers the little-known fact that Barack Obama lives in Hyde Park.  My grandma grew up in Hyde Park; I guess that makes me an [...]

I’m Starting to Suspect I’m Not Going to Get My Donuts

I remind you how this went.  I said “I bet you dollars to donuts this has something to do with the Adelicia v. South Street fight.”  S-town Mike said, “I think you’d lose that bet because this doesn’t even have anything at all to do with midtown.”  I prove that it does indeed have to [...]

Who Has a Working Dishwasher?

Me!  Me!  Me! Only a working fridge and microwave to go.

Don’t Get in a Butt-Fight With a Swedish Woman, S-Town Mike

Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike. Where to start? Okay, I guess we’ll start with the simple stuff. 1.  I wasn’t offering or withholding sympathy to/from you.  Are you a person who moved into a $500,000 condo downtown?  No you are not.  If you were, you would be called Downtown Mike or D-town Mike, and [...]

McCain’s Plan to Raise Taxes, Er… Fix Healthcare

From Hullabaloo: “Why would they leave?” said Holtz-Eakin. “What they are getting from their employer is way better than what they could get with the credit.” and Let’s unpack this a little bit more. According to Holtz-Eakin, John McCain doesn’t actually want to dismantle the employer-based health care system. But, McCain’s plan would tax any [...]

The Other Thing I’m Fired Up About

The response to Jennifer Hudson’s family’s tragedy.  I can’t even link to it, it makes me so sick.  But listen: Unless Jennifer Hudson bought her family members houses on Mars, there is no place she could have put them that would have guaranteed their safety from this guy.  Men who want to kill their partners [...]

An Open Letter to Nashville Drivers

Dear Nashville Drivers, I have noticed a few things now that I have the ability to drive 70 miles an hour to work in the morning, the most important thing being that you do not know how to drive on interstates.  Let me help you.  Say that we’re in this situation: As you can see, [...]

Daughter of Slave Votes for Obama

I’m sorry.  I’m just a sucker for these stories.  It’s nice to step back every once in a while and see that we really are doing something momentous as a nation.  We’re still hand in hand with folks who held hands with slaves.  We’re within one lifetime (albeit a really long one) of slavery and [...]

Are You Calling Me a Libertarian?

I think S-town Mike is calling me a libertarian, which, just by the mere suggestion of it, ought to cause real libertarians to go into apoplectic shock. Anyway, ignoring that, I have but two things to say: 1.  I have little sympathy for people who move into neighborhoods because they’re convenient and full of places [...]

So True I Want to Make Copies of It and Post It around Town

Please go see Prof BW’s post on why white liberal guys behaving like jackasses and, oh, you know, hanging Palin in effegy is not only bullshit, but bullshit that doesn’t come back to ever bite them in the ass, but instead hurts women and people of color.