Posted in Rant on January 31, 2006 | Comments Off
Soooo… I’m back. Live internet connection again. Things settling. All that rot. The change in environment and lack of online activity gave me too much room to think.
I spent a lot of time thinking about the lies people tell. The big lies. The little white lies. The in-between [...]
Posted in Rant on December 27, 2005 | Comments Off
What the hell is wrong with feminists today?
The other day I’m sitting in a waiting room, along with a handful of other people. Long wait, so I take it upon myself to engage in some idle chit-chat with the likely-looking woman sitting next to me. The conversation proceeds swimmingly until at Point X [...]
Posted in Rant on December 2, 2004 | Comments Off
Ahhhh, the Deep South. Heart of Dixie. Buckle of the Bible Belt. Alabama.
I was born in Alabama, and after spending eight years traipsing about the country in military-family style, I spent my teen years residing in a tiny ramshackle three-bedroom on a dead-end central Alabama backstreet. Travis Tritt replaced my taste [...]
Posted in Rant on October 24, 2004 | Comments Off
It could be that you viewers at home are curious as to why US politics are currently heisting so much of my attention, when I reside in Canada. In theory, since I’m planning on pursuing permanent residency status, none of this should matter one whit to me, right?
Wrong.
Short and sweet here:
The outcome of [...]
Posted in Rant on October 19, 2004 | Comments Off
The latest election fraud warnings
Tre and I were chit-chatting last night as I caught up on my RSS feeds. Shamefully, I’ve been a little behind on them as of late. Anyway, as I perused my news channels, this one section of The Village Voice caught my attention. After giving it the hairy [...]
Posted in Rant on August 19, 2004 | Comments Off
So earlier today, The Kids and I were enjoying some quality time with the electric babysitter. Being the liberal-but-conscientious mother that I am, I of course had it tuned to PBS. We went through the usual staples of Between The Lions and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood… right up to ye olde standby: Sesame Street.
Now, [...]
Posted in Rant on July 27, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Sheila made an interesting blog entry on piquant. She is not the only one with whom this strikes a nerve, even though she and I are sometimes widely separated on political issues.
Today’s discussion is about abortion and personal responsibility, kiddies. The fact is that you cannot discuss abortion in a balanced and fair [...]
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