If you're tired go to sleep, love. We won't miss you.
Who's "we"? That sounds bigoted and exclusionary, and I am personally taking offense and dumping this wheelbarrow of umbrage on your doorstep.
Did I say you were "tiresome"? What I meant to say was that you are famously the biggest bore on Earth. You are like this giant celestial vacuum where any sense of humor or good-feeling towards other people goes, and yes I'm implying you're probably fat. Your typed words strike one as morbidly obese. Try to balance that out with not being so persistently unbearable, is all I'm saying. Because you're awful.
You are so tiresome.
Agree. Far more appropriate for a secular society, as the US was meant to be, to go for "vacations" rather than a variation on "holy days".
"Dustbin" also does sound better than "garbage can", I must say.
Wow, thanks for your story. It sounds like your step-dad really lived a twentieth century life, which was turbocharged with rapid change. Emigration, Depression, war, postwar life, technology.. it's all there, and it's sort of amazing how common the amazing journeys of that generation were. The things they went through without complaint, things we have never had to go through. What an era, what a time.
And alas, "so damn short" life is, indeed.
And alas, "so damn short" life is, indeed.
So, so true. I think Erotica was great because.. it was so freaking honest. Madonna was laying out her dark kinky fantasies, and also her fears. "Bad Girl", the song and video, well it's a pretty amazing description of depression, or desolation in love, where she's blaming herself it seems. I really admire that honesty. She didn't pretend everything was great, big star that she was- she felt free to write songs about sadness, or lust. How she was feeling. We're bombarded by fake celebrities trying to tell us how fab their lives are these days- back then Madonna was writing songs about disquiet and unhappiness. Yes, "Erotica" is an underrated gem.
(I also like "Thief of Hearts" - I was 21 then, and was a a party were I really did have a rival for a boy I was a bit in love with there. "Bitch..he's mine" really was the soundtrack to that party, ha. I won. So funny to type that. )
(I also like "Thief of Hearts" - I was 21 then, and was a a party were I really did have a rival for a boy I was a bit in love with there. "Bitch..he's mine" really was the soundtrack to that party, ha. I won. So funny to type that. )
Bjork wrote the song, "Bedtime Story", but other than that had nothing to do with the album. She said she had given the song to her friend, producer Nellee Hooper, and was surprised when he gave it to Madonna, but Bjork was cool with it. I'd love to hear the original Bjork demo someday, I've never been able to find it. Agree with you about "Erotica", it's a dark little gem.
"..sidestreets with blond 2-year-olds being walked home from their music enrichment classes."
The "blond" bit just slays me. What are you trying to say there, Katie?. Also, the fanciful imagining of these toddlers' schedules, her magical knowing where they are coming from, is sheer hackery. I find her a dreadful whiny writer, and if you're reading this Miss Roiphe, feel free to quote me in your next plaint about how mean the Internet can be. Trying to be nice though, I'll say you're a perfect fit at Slate. Definitely at the level of that site's uh, qualities.
The "blond" bit just slays me. What are you trying to say there, Katie?. Also, the fanciful imagining of these toddlers' schedules, her magical knowing where they are coming from, is sheer hackery. I find her a dreadful whiny writer, and if you're reading this Miss Roiphe, feel free to quote me in your next plaint about how mean the Internet can be. Trying to be nice though, I'll say you're a perfect fit at Slate. Definitely at the level of that site's uh, qualities.
Ha. Charles would never burn a gift, he's far too stingy and must be the world-class re-gifter of all time. And has a large staff he's obligated to give token gifts to each Christmas. My favorite tale (true or not!) is that he's been sent many fine-dining sets over the years, likely from the manufacturers. So he gives them to his staff members- one plate, or place setting, at a time. Stretching it out over a decade or more until the retainer has the full set. Comical.
"Happy Christmas, Humphries- I do hope you enjoy this spoon."
"Happy Christmas, Humphries- I do hope you enjoy this spoon."
It's actually an astute comment, until the last sentence: Families and strong communities are the way out of poverty, Republicans got that much right.
Because liberals and Democrats hate families and strong communities, right? The writer is mistaking cynical Republican slogans for their actual deeds, which have been thirty years of economic policies quite designed to wipe out jobs with a decent living in this country, export them and crush down every last protection (unions) American workers have against relentless corporate onslaught. It's a nice idea, to settle in your hometown and raise a family, but not when thirty people are vying for the one Wal-Mart minimum wage greeter job, as in many small towns, where the jobs aren't. How does one marry and raise a family in a small town when the jobs are gone, largely due to corporate GOP policies (Dems helped too, no question)?
Republicans don't give a damn, they talk about strong families and communities, the ones they have been persistently undermining and weakening for decades. I agree that families and strong communities are important ways out of poverty, no question. But crediting Republicans with actually believing that, by their deeds, is bitterly laughable. They've been doing their best to wipe out any hope of most peoples' dreams to stay in, or join the vanishing middle class. The GOP gives not a damn about families or communities, but they are rather expert liars about where their true loyalties lay.
Because liberals and Democrats hate families and strong communities, right? The writer is mistaking cynical Republican slogans for their actual deeds, which have been thirty years of economic policies quite designed to wipe out jobs with a decent living in this country, export them and crush down every last protection (unions) American workers have against relentless corporate onslaught. It's a nice idea, to settle in your hometown and raise a family, but not when thirty people are vying for the one Wal-Mart minimum wage greeter job, as in many small towns, where the jobs aren't. How does one marry and raise a family in a small town when the jobs are gone, largely due to corporate GOP policies (Dems helped too, no question)?
Republicans don't give a damn, they talk about strong families and communities, the ones they have been persistently undermining and weakening for decades. I agree that families and strong communities are important ways out of poverty, no question. But crediting Republicans with actually believing that, by their deeds, is bitterly laughable. They've been doing their best to wipe out any hope of most peoples' dreams to stay in, or join the vanishing middle class. The GOP gives not a damn about families or communities, but they are rather expert liars about where their true loyalties lay.
Yes. Yes, I am a raging sexist. Monstrous, in fact. But that word does not mean what you think it does, and you seem to have willfully misread what I wrote in fucking January.
"(L)ooser building codes" was my favorite part. Also interesting they describe this experiment in abject disaster as a "petri dish", as if that were a value-neutral analogy. Petri dishes are disgusting things, they are meant to cultivate bacteria, spores, other unpleasant things. Perhaps it's apt.
But lordy, I hope they give it a whirl.
But lordy, I hope they give it a whirl.
Or, "throwing a hot dog down a hallway".
"On1Ave.com". Because when you think of glamourous, luxe shopping districts, First Avenue always springs to mind.
So does the aphorism, "Never trust a guy with two first names". Suckers.
So does the aphorism, "Never trust a guy with two first names". Suckers.
Good on them, the positive response is very encouraging. As were the pictures of crowds with brooms in the street earlier in the week, volunteering for cleanup. Positivity and not apathy.
And I can't help but wonder, thinking aloud, what a generational sea-change. Perhaps. I read and hear a great deal about, "Broken Britain", a rather doomy outlook on how things have changed, are getting worse. Classic British pessismism, maybe. And things have changed. But perhaps for the better, too. Thirty years ago, this sort of positive civic activism and optimism might have been seen- or worse, sneered at- as sort of naive, American-style idealism, and what's-the-point? Apathy and pessimism ruled then. Maybe no longer.
But things really have changed in the UK. And the Internet, communications probably played a great role in this. British society has really changed, and this sort of positivity is extremely welcome. Meanwhile it sometimes feel like we've swapped places. I think a lot of us in the US, of all persuasions are feeling doomy and pessimistic and apathetic, too. Not all, of course- love you, people of Wisconsin. Just hard to escape the feeling, we the people don't matter much anymore, if we ever did. England's a much smaller country (and to be clear, the riots all happened in England, not anywhere else in the UK) but still. Of course we have positive action in our communities, but it just seems the national drift is towards cynicism and apathy.
My rambling point is that if the UK can seek justice from Murdoch's empire, and in the case of these disturbances inspire such positive action from citizens standing up against lawlessness that hurts the community, there's hope, and maybe Britain is not as Broken as they often think it is. And, that's quite a good thing. And quite a change from the past, I think.
Now, where'd I leave my drinkie.. oh, there you are darling. Mwah.
And I can't help but wonder, thinking aloud, what a generational sea-change. Perhaps. I read and hear a great deal about, "Broken Britain", a rather doomy outlook on how things have changed, are getting worse. Classic British pessismism, maybe. And things have changed. But perhaps for the better, too. Thirty years ago, this sort of positive civic activism and optimism might have been seen- or worse, sneered at- as sort of naive, American-style idealism, and what's-the-point? Apathy and pessimism ruled then. Maybe no longer.
But things really have changed in the UK. And the Internet, communications probably played a great role in this. British society has really changed, and this sort of positivity is extremely welcome. Meanwhile it sometimes feel like we've swapped places. I think a lot of us in the US, of all persuasions are feeling doomy and pessimistic and apathetic, too. Not all, of course- love you, people of Wisconsin. Just hard to escape the feeling, we the people don't matter much anymore, if we ever did. England's a much smaller country (and to be clear, the riots all happened in England, not anywhere else in the UK) but still. Of course we have positive action in our communities, but it just seems the national drift is towards cynicism and apathy.
My rambling point is that if the UK can seek justice from Murdoch's empire, and in the case of these disturbances inspire such positive action from citizens standing up against lawlessness that hurts the community, there's hope, and maybe Britain is not as Broken as they often think it is. And, that's quite a good thing. And quite a change from the past, I think.
Now, where'd I leave my drinkie.. oh, there you are darling. Mwah.
Oh, they totally realize they are "standing in the way of civil rights." We're talking of an extremely meanspirited bunch who still aren't over desegregation. Or the Civil War, really. Being against others' civil rights is a feature, not a bug. It turns them on.
Sonja, "always up for a caper". I love this, because sometimes she really has these Jerri Blank moments, bawdy wisecracks, talking about how it's not her first time at the rodeo etc. Her briefly channeling Jerri is one aspect of Sonja I really adore.
My artificially casual, offhand comment about a Picasso I had recently seen is moot! Moot, I tell you!, once I read the body of this post. Darn you, Lawson.
That picture looks all: Charlie Sheen deceptively sweet-talks an ACORN employee into giving him a quickie abortion. Caught on tape!!
Must say how much I love the Daily News cover. Beautiful, exuberant, celebratory.
The Daily News gets a lot of stick, it can be boring lately, but it has a history of being a truly populist paper, without the Post's seedy divisiveness since Murdoch. They also had the best comic strips when I was growing up. I really retain a fondness for the Daily News, and that cover reminds me why.
The Daily News gets a lot of stick, it can be boring lately, but it has a history of being a truly populist paper, without the Post's seedy divisiveness since Murdoch. They also had the best comic strips when I was growing up. I really retain a fondness for the Daily News, and that cover reminds me why.
