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 don’t [...]

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 you [...]

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 Abramson:
Aunt B. [...]

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 the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]