Various and Sundry
And now for something completely different
Because we all need cheering up. Here’s Prince shredding a solo on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the year both he and George Harrison were inducted: I love that Dhani Harrison is getting such a huge kick out of it. I agree with him; Prince [...]
Why did Komen hire an anti-choice wingnut as its vice president?
I guess I’m not up on all the inner workings of the Susan G. Komen Must Be Totally Spinning In Her Grave Foundation. Obviously the big news is that Komen has cut off all the breast cancer screening funds to Planned Parenthood. The move seems to be connected to the fact that the new vice [...]
Western civilization scheduled to end in November of this year
There isn’t much that makes me laugh these days, but today I laughed. First I laughed at this: The right drops a bomb on Newt. I’m not crazy about linking to Politico, but their summary of today’s Republican self-destruct sequence is apt: It’s as if the conservative media over the past 24 hours decided Gingrich [...]
You can’t even read about dogs without the goddamn patriarchy getting all up in your face
A 33,000 year old dog skull is discovered in Siberia. Here’s how it’s reported: Man’s best friend for over 33,000 years God how I hate that shit. Shut up. And here’s the first sentence of the article: He’s been man’s best friend for generations. Gah. He, he, he. Man, man, man. Shut up.
Newt Gingrich, natural woman?
Does anybody understand this piece? Newt Gingrich, natural woman: I know just what the fading candidate feels like. By S.E. Cupp, whoever the hell she is. Obviously, I get that it’s snark, and that she’s making fun of Gingrich using female stereotypes. Got it. But…why? I’m not asking from a feminist perspective, as it were; [...]
Dog/human duet
More dog vocalization, this time with human participation: We’re all humans here, so we all know what the baby is doing. But what is the dog doing? I’ve watched this video several times, studying the dog’s body language, and I’m just not sure what she’s thinking. I’ve never lived with a Siberian Husky, so I [...]
The wolf within
A Pomeranian puppy listening to wolf howls on the computer: This reminds me of Katie, my first Sheltie. When she was a puppy I would hold her in my lap while I sat at the computer so I could play things for her — YouTube videos, Jacquie Lawson cards from my Mom, etc. I played [...]
Thank you, President Obama
This is what happens when you restrict Plan B: CVS Refuses To Sell Texas Man Emergency Contraception For His Wife. I just want to remind everyone that the FDA was on the brink of ending this crap once and for all, when the Obama Administration unilaterally stepped in to keep the restrictions on Plan B. [...]
Anybody wanna explain to me what the hell is going on with online feminism?
So here’s the deal: I don’t read other feminist blogs unless they’re in my blogroll feed thingy and the article looks interesting. Which means I occasionally read something at Twisty’s or Echidne’s or Egalia’s — you get the drift. But I don’t keep up with the general feminist blogowhateverthefuck because, People’s Front of Judea. Anyway, [...]
Life
Losing Molly has seriously knocked the wind out of my sails. I decided I would force myself to post today, so here it is. A post. Isn’t today the Iowa caucus? Yeah, who cares. This whole GOP campaign feels like such a colossal waste of time. Romney will be the nominee, and he’ll lose to [...]
