Archive for February, 2008

The Salad Days

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 […]

My Ideal Candidate

Word:
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 I […]

Recommended Reads through February 26th

What 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. Twice, it’s a way of thinking […]

Like the Holidays at My Folks’ Place

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 say happened […]

Cleaning House

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 […]

And I Was Worrying That I Was Crazy

Some 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 Portly […]

Oh My

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 will […]

In Need of Epic Music

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 […]

How It Works

Bingo.

He’s Electric

Everyone’s a sinner.

Political Baggage

The Rude Pundit is definitely right about HRC and her political baggage, fair or not, but this comment by Richard Florida characterizes some of my fears about Obama [via Roxanne]:
I have long said the central animating issue in American politics is neither partisan polarization nor the culture wars but a festering class divide. Obama may […]

Something Like the Southern Strategy with Vaginas

It’s not about dog whistles, it’s about dismissing HRC with careless sexism. If you’ve never been told you are “ruled by your emotions” in a professional capacity, you probably wouldn’t get it either.
But shit, you know how women are.
For the record, this is #2.
UPDATE: GR explains it further,
If this isn’t intended to be […]