I have become increasingly obsessed with Star Trek: The Next Generation lately. It’s because I married a Dork-American. My husband adores all things Star Trek (and Star Wars, and Battledork Gallectica, and Game of Dorks, but that’s not what we’re talking about here). Thus began my exposure. And my attraction to certain characters, which only intensified when I had the pleasure of seeing Patrick Stewart on Broadway in MacBeth a few years ago. Continue reading
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The big news today is that my husband is finally agreeing to purchase a new couch! But you have other things on your mind, don’t you? Continue reading
Lucille Ball would have turned 100 today.
This clip says it all. Continue reading
Technology is nifty — don’t get me wrong. Without technology, I wouldn’t be able to play Bubble Burst on my Droid while pretending to listen to my boss babble on about news that happened last week. Pursing one’s lips and furrowing one’s brow once in a while is a great help in this.
Every once in a while, though, I pause and think about all those things that are gone — distinct experiences that used to be shared by waves of teenagers, that just won’t anymore. Generation Xers, we are both the last — and the first.
Remember this shit? Continue reading
I am a horrible person. I have terrible thoughts that I usually don’t verbalize. They pop up in the tide of my thoughts, seaweed from the deep of my cerebral cortex, pushing against my lips, but I don’t speak.
Oh, don’t get me wrong. I’m known for being a smartass speak-your-mind type. But there are things…one must not say.
Join me on my commute. Continue reading
English is a magnificent language. It bends. It twists. It tries on different costumes, different hairstyles, different shoes, different ties, different glasses – and yet we always are speaking English.
There are so many different, unique, ear-bending ways to say something. There are so many ways to reach out via the word – be that word be sent to an audience through broadcast channels, over social media, or in print. Each requires a different way of communicating. Yet, for the last decade and a half, I’ve noticed we seem hell-bent on making things as cold and as sterile and as uniform as possible. Continue reading
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Thank God. Our long national crisis that actually never happened is over, and at last the media can move on to panicking you about some other bullshit. Continue reading
- By now, the fiscal apocaplypse may or may not have happened. I hope you have plenty of gold, which can you can use to trade for food.
You should all know Buster is en route to Washington, where he will clean up his debt ceiling bullshit in three seconds flat. Buster’s plan is Pounce Treats for everyone! Continue reading
Ah, the work bathroom.
I need that cubicle. I despise it, and hate it, and need it. Once I go in there, and close and bolt the door, I have the few minutes of privacy I need before I plunge back into the chaotic land of the workplace.
Until she comes in.