Archive for January, 2009

Ok Fine, He May Not Be Superman…
Friday, January 23rd, 2009

But he does pretty much embody everything a woman could want in a partner:

“Michelle is a tremendously strong person, and has a very strong sense of herself and who she is and where she comes from. But I also think in her eyes you can see a trace of vulnerability that most people don’t [...]

Five Years in Six Words
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

There’s something brilliant about six word memoirs. Paring an experience down to its simplest element can be cathartic, forcing you to shave off all the messy emotions and perceptions that calcify around your memory of What Actually Happened. So when I heard about the first anthology of six word memoirs, I thought it was a [...]

Never Thought I’d Say This, But…
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

If you haven’t made the pilgrimage to Obamaland and/or you’re not currently steeling your bladder and freezing your appendages off on the Mall, get thee to a cable or network news broadcast. And preferably one on a big screen — let’s face it, the Internet may not do this one justice.

Comfort at the Base of 2009
Monday, January 12th, 2009

So, yeah, 2008 happened. We watched, read, and blogged as the biggest international clusterfuck in our lifetimes (with apologies to any Great Depression survivors who read blogs) leeched the blood from our stocks, home prices, and 401Ks like Bela Lugosi on a 5-month bender. Cable newscaster speeches started sounding like the pre-climax villain soliloquies in [...]