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.
Okey-dokey. I need to think this thing through and I’m going to use this handy-dandy blog of mine to do so. Bear with me here, because I suspect I’m about to reveal some inconsistencies in my own belief structure. Or maybe just areas where different facets of my belief structure overlap in ways that make me choose loyalties. Those of you who follow such things may have heard that a few months ago, acting on…
Do not let the title of this post fool you; I’m not planning to sit here and babble nonsensically. At least not any more than usual. Rather I wanted to share the exciting news that, beginning on February 1, I will be a new contributor to the Being Pregnant blog at Babble. Wheeeeeee meeeeee! I rock! Woohoo! I’m particularly excited about this because I’m hesitant to write about my pregnancy here. I assume most of…
I thought I was going to watch the State of the Union Address later tonight and either live-blog or live-tweet it. With 2 hours until go-time, I realize I am probably wrong about that. I don’t have the intestinal fortitude to ear Obama talk about a budget that will make me cringe in simultaneous disappointment and understanding the reality of the situation. I don’t want to watch Eric Cantor’s smirky face as he begrudgingly applauds…
I’m over at The Broad Side today talking about the unfairness of the staggered primary system. The other fact that should be upsetting is the inherent unfairness of the staggered primary system. Not to the candidates. It’s arguable that being able to focus on one state at a time is better for candidates. But the practical result of the staggered primary system is one in which each successive state to vote gets a less robust…
Hi. I’m, um, not doing the whole blackout thing today. Sorry. Instead I’m going to talk about copyright laws. Feel free to take a nap instead of reading this post. It might be pedantic and boring.It also might be full of holes as I realize how many of the details of the copyright law class I took in grad school have escaped me in the past ten years. I’m going to start by saying I…
My latest So Here’s The Thing column is up at the Washington Times Communities! This week I’m pondering the dearth of female superheroes and why the female superheroes that we do see are under-dressed: Anyway, I’ve been immersed in the super world of superheroes for a few weeks now and something has really struck me: there are not enough female superheroes. As I read about Aquaman and Iron Man and Batman and so on I…
Happy New Year y’all! I’m getting a slow start on blogging. Maybe because the sudden media prominence of Rick Santorum is making me want to hide until the nightmare ends. Anyway, today I’ve gt a post up at The DC Moms complaining about how freaking fugly maternity clothes are right now. Oh, yeah, I’m pregnant for those of you who missed the news. Don’t tell Rick Santorum. He’ll probably show up and campaign to my…
