I got a invitation from a friend on facebook. She’s deleting one profile to start a new one, I guess because she had a bunch of friends on her old one that she doesn’t like. This online practice has always amazed me. I used to run into it on journal sites. I never sought-out friends [...]
Must be the world has a vendetta against me, because two advice columns I read today had people writing in about how to help fat kids. Here’s my advice – butt out. These people worry because someone is fat and they watch them over-eat, but they don’t bother to think maybe something is wrong emotionally. [...]
Friday, February 25, 2011
I’ve been watching this pretty good documentary on Auschwitz. I’ve become, in my more recent years, more and more of a history buff. It started as an obsession with cults and religious groups and serial killers. And then someone might have told me I was “worse than Hitler,” which would have been funny if it [...]
Friday, February 18, 2011
Last night the House of Representatives voted to withdraw $330 million of federal funding from Planned Parenthood. At the same time they voted to spend $1.5 billion more on defense, including $7.5 million for the Army to sponsor a NASCAR car. In defense of the cuts, Republicans in the House gave inflammatory, vulgar speeches, one [...]
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Hello, my friends. And may I wish you a happy valentine’s day weekend. People get really touchy about Valentine’s Day. I don’t understand why. Here are the complaints I usually hear. I’m single. Boo-hoo. My response: Well, do something for yourself. Booze, food, gadgets, girly stuff, whatever. Donate the money you would spend on someone [...]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
I’ve put off writing this entry for a long time for a lot of reasons. Primarily, I don’t want to be misunderstood. So I’m smacking a big, old warning sticker over this entry to emphasize two points. Yes, my parents sometimes spanked/hit me. Many kids have this experience. It does not make a parent a [...]
I’ve been thinking. Whatever happened to politicians being politicians and activists being activists. Let me break it down. Activists get shit done. They focus on one problem or one section of a problem and they work their asses off to solve it. Eventually, when they find a solution that works in multiple arenas, they convince [...]
Saturday, January 8, 2011
By now, you’ve probably heard about all the animal deaths. Maybe your stupid coworkers are saying crap like “it’s the end of the world,” or even stupider, “the government is keeping it under wraps.” If you’re saying it, too, I have news for you. You’re stupid. I worked, for over a year, at an institution [...]
Friday, December 17, 2010
The United States Senate is set to deliberate the future of a morally reprehensible policy enacted 17 years ago to distract from even more morally reprehensible public opinion. The fact that we are even engaging in a national discourse about whether gay people ought to be able to serve in the military disgusts me viscerally. [...]
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Hey you, fellow American. Pissed off about airline security? TAKE THE TRAIN. Okay, it might take a little longer. But you can bring a bunch of luggage – no fees! You can’t smoke in the bathrooms but they’ll stop and let you off to smoke and then let you back on. I think because the [...]