I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
4:59am: If I’d had to get up this early for my own wedding, I’d still be single… 5:00: I wish I had a hat. It would look awesome with my jammies. 5:01: FYI, I’m watching this on Public Television. To avoid the ads and also because there is a not a single newscaster on any network that I can handle at this hour. 5:03: The crowd in Hyde Park looks like the crowd at the…
My cousin had that same wedding dress! Did you get it at David’s one-day sale? Where are the couple registered? Hello, Mr. Trump. We’re so glad you could come. Did anyone remember to call the paper to place the wedding announcement? Welcome to the family, Katherine. I hope you’re as happy as William’s mother and I were. Don’t forget to tip the limo driver. I don’t care if she’s the Queen! It’s my special day!…
So. I got an anonymous comment on my post yesterday. It was…gross. I left it up so you can read it if you want, though I wanted to delete it on sight. But it leads me to a topic that matters a lot. The commenter was sharing a ridiculous but not unique line of thinking about President Obama wherein s/he criticized him for acknowledging Muslims and possibly being a Muslim himself. Answer me this anonymous…
Memorandum To: Donald Trump From: Mom-in-a-Million Re: Your Presidential Aspirations Date: April 26, 2011 It has come to my attention that you are growing increasingly serious in your bloviating about a run for the Presidency in 2012. When you first started discussing this, I was under the impression that you were merely behaving in an attention whore-like manner to garner increased viewership for your television show but it appears now that you are actually…
I got unfollowed on Twitter one night last week. This is not unusual. Twitter is like a giant, continuous conversation and people tune in and out to one another all the time. What was different about this incident was that the person sent me a tweet to let me know that she was unfollowing and why: she objected to me – or anyone – using the word “fuck”. The tweet she didn’t like said “This…
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I have two posts today. This one, with a lot of my favorite local things listed. And another one that’s a totally snotty list of things I wish I could say when tourists are particularly rude or clueless. That one is password protected because the last time I wrote a tongue-in-cheek post about tourists, I was dressed down by people who feel that I should have been more understanding of visitors to our Nation’s Capitol,…
I was recently having an email exchange with a reader who had left some critical comment here at the old blog. We were having what I consider to be a fairly interesting discussion about the scope of government and the relative merits of recent Presidents. Then she said this: I feel that all citizens should practice personal responsbility [sic] regarding their finances, reproduction and progeny. Expecting the rich to pay for everything, the abortion doctors…
I didn’t really intend to watch Extreme Couponing. In large part, I objected to use of the word “coupon” as a verb. Not. A. Verb. “Couponing” therefore is not a real word. The proper way to verbally characterize the act of clipping and using coupons is to say “clipping or using coupons”. There’s no need to mangle the language and make up new verbs instead. (For the record, I feel just as strongly about the…
It’s tax day*! Yaaaayyyyy! I love taxes! Ok, maybe love is too strong a word. I respect taxes and I don’t mind paying them. Like most people, I pay federal and state income taxes. They come right out of my paycheck alongside my Social Security and Medicare contributions. I also pay a county tax that comes right out of my check. I pay property taxes on my house as part of my monthly mortgage payment.…
