It's no secret that I loathe and detest P*rez Hilton. Not that it's any skin off his nose, mind you. The Rhonda simply is not famous enough to merit his dropping a donut long enough to write about me*. Just wait until my readership hits nine, though. And, even with fame? I still wouldn't care in the slightest if he said anything nasty about me in ( Read more... )

I read a friend's post a couple of days ago. It was a post about manners and etiquette with regard to cyclists and pedestrians. The author of this post was on the pedestrian side of the matter and was very rightly irked about the behavior of a woman and her litter on bicycles. The post itself was fine, I completely understand the sentiment, and ( Read more... )

We all have our pet peeves. For beckycochrane , it's apostrophe abuse. For me, it's vocabulary abuse. Today has been a stereotypical Monday, from this morning's dog gauntlet all the way to the coffee stain that I didn't know was on my cleavage...until someone else pointed it out. Crap. So I'm a little ultra-sensitive, and earlier I saw something in print that ( Read more... )

Pull up a chair. Here's a long 'un.

I checked the mail this morning. I would guess my entire readership of eight is yawning at this revelation. Little do you all know performing this task, without prompting by a nasty note at the concierge gate, is monumental. Lindsey and I operate on the "out of site, out of mind" mentality. We don't pass the ( Read more... )

Republicans, like most groups, can be subdivided into smaller groups. Among those smaller groups are those who carefully think about their chosen party's platforms, carefully think about their chosen candidates' positions on topics that matter to them, and carefully listen to opposing viewpoints and offer respectful, fact-filled rebuttal. They do ( Read more... )

Warning: Highly cynical content ahead

Everyone is weighing in on the whole Virginia Tech shootings, so I'll jump on the bandwagon and give my take.

People have expressed their opinions on a variety of topics. People, by and large, are dumb. I've heard all sorts of radio personalities and pundits talk about how this wouldn't have happened if only:

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Conservatives are funny people when it comes to marriage. The U.S. Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. DOMA basically says that neither states nor the federal government have to recognize same-sex marriages conducted in those states in which same-sex marriage is legal. Various states have rushed to change their state constitutions ( Read more... )

Rosie O'Donnell is depressed and on medication, and she wants us all to know. We don't know why it's important we know, but it's apparently important for us to tune into "Four Harpies on a Couch" on Friday to find out.

A while back, I wrote an open letter to Rosie O'Donnell. I was sad to have written it, because I was, at one time, a fan. Somewhere ( Read more... )

Dear Rosie O'Donnell,

As I start 2007, I have one question for you: What happened? At what point, exactly, did you go from being a funny stand-up comedian with minor acting abilities to -- how should I phrase this delicately -- a humorless, clueless whackjob? When exactly did you think the world at large cared if you picked fights, or sensed ( Read more... )