Wise Latina Woman

So the nominee for the Supreme Court thinks that a wise Latina woman would more often make the correct decision than a white male.
Good for her.
See, I don’t agree with very much that she believes in legally. She’s obviously left-wing enough to be chosen for the Court by this sitting president–who [...]

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What Rod Stewart Said

Actually, what Bob Dylan said via Rod Stewart. I’m more-tagging this so you can skip it if you don’t feel like reading me have a moment of clarity followed by a moment of sheer ugh.

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Happy Times

It’s Friday. The basement carpet has been taken up, the padding removed and the concrete floor scrubbed with bleach. This is a very good thing because it now smells like an indoor pool at the Y or a Holiday Inn. Bleached concrete is a happy smell for [...]

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Dear Mythbusters–Bearded Dude

‘Decapitation’ is the act of removing a head from the body.
The word you are looking for is ‘dedigitation’. This is the act of removing one or more fingers.
For a second I got my Latin really mangled and thought the correct word was ‘defenestration’ which actually is the act [...]

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Various Things

First:
I deleted a post. I didn’t even do that for people who sent me a certified letter telling me I had to, so obviously I’m trying hard to behave in this situation.
Second:
I don’t know why the scene in Goodfellas where Lorraine Bracco goes down on Ray Liotta for some extra spending money [...]

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One Of THOSE Days; What Would YOU Do?

The last 48 hours have been a huge test designed to see how well I handle certain pressures. In case you were wondering I’ll jump to the end result and say “not well.”
I’m trying to be vague here because I don’t want to hurt feelings. The person or persons [...]

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Let’s Ponder Just How Many Levels of Screwed Up This Is

I have been following this story in the news but have not written about it at length. I want to pretend with my whole heart that it isn’t happening, because it troubles me so deeply.
It’s this story. About the boy with cancer who doesn’t want to take cancer drugs.
He’s back home [...]

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Forty Minus One

Tomorrow I’m 39.
Funnily enough that doesn’t bother me. I think the year that bothered me the most was 36. I’d been struggling with fertility so long and read so many baby things that talk about how if you have a baby after 35 the chance of it having 19 eyes and [...]

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Fail Good Friday

The first time I read it online I thought “hey, that’s kind of clever.” The second and third times it seemed both clever and in-jokey. I laughed because it felt good to be part of the crowd that was using this clever new turn of phrase. Turn of word? Can [...]

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Fun With Racism

WARNING: HIGHLY OFFENSIVE LANGAUGE
First off, I owe the universe an apology. I’ve spent years saying that racism is fast becoming a thing of the past, and that the non-caucasians among us were exaggerating the issue.
I am very very wrong about that.
As I said earlier, I’ve been playing Epic Pet Wars on the [...]

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