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.
Y’all. I’m beat. I’m 37 weeks pregnant and I’m basically a very large human incubator. My mental processes have slowed to the point where all I can manage is the thought it takes to find the nearest air conditioning vent so I can park my giant ass next to it in a futile attempt to cool down. The word that best describes me is “torpid”. I have nothing. No energy. No analytic skills. No snark.…
I’m over at Babble today talking about family and maternity leave policies in the US (spoiler: I think they suck) and how when celebrities go back to work right after having a baby, it sends lousy message for the rest of us: Then I had another thought: why are Hillary Duff and Beyonce back at work so soon after having babies? Like I mentioned, Hillary Duff’s baby is only about three months old and this…
Usually my big WTF moments come from the magical wonderland of American politics. Like when poor Thad McCotter (R-MI) recently discovered that his petition to run for reelection on the Republican ticket is invalid because instead of getting 1000 signatures, his staff got about 200 and then photocopied them and handed them in and hoped no one would notice. McCotter first thought about running a write-in campaign but decided against it and won’t seek reelection…
