Dear fellow Americans,

If you are one of the morons that rushed out to the pharmacy and actually bought a box of disposable surgical masks then you should be aware of the following:

1. The particular masks you bought are most likely the kind that will help you keep your germs to yourself. It can help contain droplets when you cough or sneeze but it ( Read more... )

I wouldn't call myself an Oprah fan but some Oprah show episodes really engage my feminine cooking and cleaning and caring  for the home side. So today's show involved celebrity chefs doing some household visits/interventions to teach the lady of the house to prepare her family some home made meals. Kind of a lame premise but I really find what ( Read more... )

I need to stay away from The Knot. Reading the Chicago board gets me all riled up in one of two ways depending on my mood. Either I get really paranoid that the ceremony and reception are too unconventional or I go on a mental rant about the excessiveness of other people's weddings and about how those bitches do nothing but enable each other's ( Read more... )

There are many reasons why I think morning television is a waste of breath. Filler, pseudo news, and vapid chit chat is par for the course for the likes of the Today Show et al but this segment from the CBS Early Show really drives home how worthless this style of programming is.  It is all about a "shoestring" budget meal for $35.  ONE meal for a ( Read more... )

Saw the Michael Moore interview on Oprah this week (I heart tivo). His latest film, Sicko, opens June 29th. I nearly cried watching an excerpt of 9/11 responders, who were denied payment for their medical care by HMO's or the government, getting free treatment in Cuba ( Read more... )

Keep thinking about those cartons of eggs I saw at the Jewel. There were two brands of "organic" eggs that advertised their product as cage-free, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, the usual list. But they also both claimed that the eggs were vegetarian. Yes! they really said that the eggs were vegetarian. How is that possible? What moron doesn't know ( Read more... )