I’ve been going through all my author archives at Feministe remembering how much time I was able to devote to blogging, thinking, and writing when I was in college. Time is such an important commodity. So much good stuff there that I’m proud of in retrospect. [By the way, a great article was published by [...]
Archive for February, 2008
My Ideal Candidate
Published February 27th, 2008 in Election, Humor and Politics and News. 1 CommentWord: You know who I want for a President? I want someone who stands in front of the news camera, and says “Here’s the thing: I’m divorced. My wife/husband left me because I’m always at work and I have no time for anything else. I’m a workaholic, I chain smoke, I don’t sleep, but if [...]
Recommended Reads through February 26th
Published February 27th, 2008 in Good Reads and Round Up. 2 CommentsWhat you should read since I’m not writing: Suck My D**k F**k Face – Chef surely identifies with this. Etsy :: MataHariJewelry :: Mata Hari Jewelry Etsy :: rivetingjewelry :: Handmade with Severe Passion. Etsy :: AmberSky :: AmberSky Etsy :: totaleigh :: Small Alligator Circles Obama Steps in It – “Once is a mistake. [...]
Political Conversation Gets Stabby: NORRISTOWN, Pa. — One man supports Hillary Clinton. His brother-in-law supports Barack Obama. Their difference in political opinions came to blows and then got bloody, police said. Prosecutors say 28-year-old Jose Ortiz supports Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He is now in prison because of what police [...]
After ruminating on other people’s home activities I’ve overheard, I decided that we at Chez Lauren are straight up lazy. Or rather, I am straight up lazy. And distracted. It boggles that somebody is compelled to vacuum their house EVERY DAY, but then I know that as someone with three cats, it would do us [...]
And I Was Worrying That I Was Crazy
Published February 24th, 2008 in Election and Politics and News. 3 CommentsSome of the best things really are in the comments.* From CBrachyrhynchos: Portly Dyke’s post wasn’t so much about not voting, it’s about this whole idea that we should circle the wagons and not call Clinton or Obama to task when they reveal how they will be road blocks for progressives. And I’ll agree with [...]
For about two weeks I’ve been trying to write about the movie “Eastern Promises,” but I’m still aghast over Viggo Mortensen‘s explicit, five-minute long, nude kickboxing match in the Russian bath house. I would write about how much I liked the film, but I imagine that for many of my readers the nude scene alone [...]
Tomorrow morning I meet with people from work to study for the spelling bee that takes place tomorrow afternoon. Enough friends have threatened to attend this thing that I’m set to have a goddamned spelling bee entourage, and to my horror, pictorial documentation. I worry that we’re going to get our asses whupped by a [...]
Bingo.
Everyone’s a sinner.
I just now realized that my dad’s nickname for my favorite baby blanket — Stinky Pinky — is what one might consider a double entendre. Was that on purpose? I don’t even know why I thought of that.
This one’s going on my birthday wish list.
Friday Random Ten – The Post V-Day, Pre-B-Day Edition
Published February 15th, 2008 in Music. 0 CommentsA belated V-day video for your enjoyment (I haven’t thought of this song in at least a decade): 1) Jens Lekman – REC 2) Cowboy Junkies – Come Calling (His Song) 3) 999 – Homicide 4) 7 Year Bitch – 2nd Hand 5) Danielson – Bloodback on the Half Shell 6) Elliott Smith – How [...]
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