Distracted: a short-story gone long

Several of you have inquired of my whereabouts lately.  Some have even asked if I was taken-up on the original Rapture date.  I have to tell you, I considered live blogging the Rapture, but opted instead for wine with friends.  I assure you, it was the optimal alternative to an uneventful, non-fire and brimstone Saturday.  [...]

May 21, 2011 – It’s the Best of Times; It’s the End of Times

 I was catching up this weekend with my friend and rocker, Jeryl Orsino, and she brought up in conversation the 2011 “end times” prediction.  Being the astute and in-the-know blogger that I am, I replied, “Huh, what?”  Jeryl went on to explain that a Christian group in Florida is predicting the end of the [...]

Happy Birthday, My Friend

I am interrupting my Cinco de Mayo celebration to wish my friend, Chele, a very happy birthday.  I would mail her a big old gift, but alas, she is off in Chicago managing (as best she can) that petulant purveyor of plastic crap, Ms. Dixie Longate, and her one-woman show, Dixie’s Tupperware Party.  So, I [...]

Poll a Lesbian

I made the comment this weekend that if I was asked one more time about my thoughts regarding LA Laker, Kobe Bryant’s, recent gay-derogatory comments, I would start a ‘Schmootz column entitled, “Poll a Lesbian”.  I say this in jest only in part, and here’s why.  Gustavo Arellano, staff writer for the OC Weekly and [...]

America: A Representative Republic? Or An Idiocracy?

I promised myself that I wouldn’t do it, but I did.  I made a pact with me, all in the name of preserving my somewhat stable mental health, that I would NEVER again look at the results of the average American taking the citizenship test.  I failed, not because I am some kind of masochist, [...]

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