To say that I have never been very feminine is a bit of an understatement. Yeah, I had some Barbies and a lot of stuffed animals, but I also had more dinosaurs, Legos, and basketballs than any other girl I knew. I didn’t have a female best friend until high school; before that I preferred to play basketball, tackle football, wallball, or wrestle 2-on-1 (with me being the one) with the boys on my block. I was always one of the first ones picked for sports teams at recess and PE, and in the fourth grade I was universally recognized as the best wallball player to walk the blacktop. In other words, I was (and am) one of the world’s biggest tomboys. Continue reading
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It’s practically heresy to admit it in critical “cineaste” circles, but this is the truth: I like Romantic Comedies. When done well: There’s romance! There’s comedy! What’s not to like? Continue reading
If you happen to be an individual in possession of two X chromosomes, a functioning e-mail account, and at least a few female relatives, friends, acquaintances, or co-workers, odds are that at some point in the last ten years you have a received a forwarded missive something similar to one I have simulated for you, below.
“Subject Line: Forward this to 10 Awesome, Amazing Women in Your Life Right Now!!!! Continue reading
I’m about ready to pack my bags and join the Occupy Wall Street protests because it is hitting home now. Yeah, I got laid off a couple of years ago and my unemployment ran out ages ago. Whatever. Today was the day I began to weep for America. No matter that large companies are failing right and left – today, Casa Bonita, a Denver cultural icon, is in jeopardy. The parent company has filed for bankruptcy protection. I know this will devastate scores of Denver residents, most of all my brother-in-law John. Seldom has a man loved a restaurant as much as John loves Casa Bonita. Continue reading
Recently, I had the eye-opening experience of being in pain and entering the emergency room as a patient. I didn’t inform the triage nurse, nor my assigned nurse that I was a fellow RN, as I have found that there can be a negative reaction. Sometimes, they can feel threatened and that you are judging how well they are doing their job. Other times, they can view you as being a pushy know-it-all. Knowing that these reactions exist, I have taken the approach of pretending that I’m your average patient. Continue reading
The University of California, Berkeley College Republicans are holding an “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” today that will sell baked goods based on race, gender, and ethnicity. Continue reading
Fox News CEO Roger Ailes seems to think so. Or is this purely a red herring since the news channel is largely known for shouting heads Bill O’Reilly, Pundit Sarah Palin, and mean-spirited minotaur, Sean Hannity. Yeah, none of these people seems primed to take a more centrist viewpoint. However, according to Ailes, he is quietly repositioning the cable-news channel.
What exactly does this mean? Continue reading
Emergency Department (ED) costs are a significant source of our country’s skyrocketing healthcare costs. The ED is often treated as a clinic by uninsured and insured alike, who either do not want to or cannot visit a primary care provider or who do not have one. ED care is expensive and is not at all set up to treat chronic conditions or provide routine care. It is a less than ideal environment for routine care or care for non urgent issues that could wait until office hours at a primary care provider. There are long waits and all the infectious disease risk of hospitals. There is also little or no mechanism for following up with patients to insure compliance with treatment or to gauge effectiveness of treatment. Continue reading
Three debates in fifteen days. That’s faster than the World Series gets played some seasons. And, if you got that joke, then it’s likely that you’re a Florida Republican primary voter. Continue reading
Hey, you know I’m as mad as the next gal about what’s going on with the current tax debate. Sure, yes, it floors me that some jerkoff multi-millionaire claims that in suffering a tax increase his net income would be diminished down to $400,000 after he feeds his family. That’s some crazy logic right there. No, seriously, that is something only an out of touch maniac would say. But is taking to Wall Street in some undefined protest, led by an anonymous internet movement, without focused demands or plan other to say “Thumbs down to Corporations!” really the answer frustrated, unemployed, mostly left-leaning Americans should take?
Seems like a long shot to me.