When I walked onto an empty Grosvenor train this morning at Silver Spring, I took my usual seat at the end of the car and made myself comfortable. I looked up to see IP heading towards me, but he was beaten to the seat next to me by an old man. Looking a bit crestfallen, [...]
. . . The most recent Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix trailer at Yahoo! Movies. The movie looks pretty damn good; it is the event that will kick off the summer of Harry Potter. The events only span two weeks, but includes the end of the series. My siblings [...]
“My name was Brian McGee, I stayed up listening to Queen, when I was 17 . . .”
Actually, no, I never bought alcohol with a fake ID like Homer Simpson, but when I was 17, I did read Joseph R. Garber’s Vertical Run about 10 times. For some reason, I absolutely loved that book—I [...]
. . . I love you. Thank you for finally doing what’s right by women in your city and legalizing abortion in the first trimester. It is not a step backwards for democracy—it is a step forward in democracy, recognizing that women are capable of making the necessary decisions regarding their body and [...]
After a weekend of visitors, I am alone at the moment. My parents, who flew in Thursday evening, left yesterday afternoon, Michigan-bound. Today, although he was very much reluctant to, IP left for New Orleans on a business trip. He looked a little sad—I think he felt that a perfectly nice weekend was slipping away [...]
The decision handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday, upholding the federal ban on the so-called partial-birth abortion, utterly convinces me that people will continue to be screwed over by the conservative SCOTUS unless they’re rich, white and male. And even the rich part isn’t so important in my humble opinion. It also whispers to [...]
The little things that make me smile—I might not always be inclined to write about them, but I sometimes get relatively mushy inside and have to share. What follows is a list of the little things I’m enjoying or that are happening right now that make me smile or laugh even when the world [...]
The 111th running of the Boston Marathon is today—currently, the leaderboards have stats for the women, and the men should be following through very shortly. I’m unsurprised that the continued with the marathon in the type of weather that the Northeast is experiencing. After all, runners are damn crazy, and that’s why I’m one of [...]
Yeesh. You exchange a few words with someone on an escalator and the entire world floods your blog. IP called me a power blogger last night given last week’s citation, but really what I am is just a very effective writer when it comes to anger (or shopping deals, I suppose). Anger [...]
So, I’m not sure if Wonkette’s saying that I’m fucking crazy, or if the woman who was trying to push me around is fucking crazy, or if we’re both fucking crazy, but I can safely say that yes, I am a little crazy and very hot-tempered when the right buttons are pushed, something I inherited [...]
