One of my fondest memories as a child is of my father reading the paper, especially on the weekend, and chuckling over the comics which we referred to as the Sunday Funnies. My own attachment to the New York Times these days – and the very tactile pleasure of slowing down to the Real Life […]
Dear Me: Get Out Of My Way
Dear Me, I don’t want to do what I don’t want to do. But I do. I know. It’s called responsibility. It’s called adulthood. Sometimes, it’s called survival. But if I only do what I don’t want to do, I’m tired and I’m cranky; my imagination stalls and my hopelessness fills out its contours all […]
Sexualité américaine, Politique de la Droite, et Disponibilité de Canards Vibrants
Objet de désir ? A vous de décider… (Humour)
More Love (And Sex?) In The News
Any political objections to Objectum Sexuality?
Going Nowhere… Slowly
Drifters, grifters and gifters?
Contraception. Personhood. Let Me Say This… About That.
I’m just trying to read my Sunday Times. And enjoy perusing my fave Must-See sites. But it’s impossible to avoid news coverage on contraception and the ongoing battle of wills and words over health insurance, abortion, personhood, and related subjects. For most of the women I know over the age of 40, and of course […]
Am I Crazy To Be Worried About Dementia?
Are we right to worry now about dementia in the future?
Learn Passé Composé. Yes You Can!
Vous faut-il améliorer votre grammaire ? Vous voulez bien une petite révision animée du passé composé, grâce à Go!Animate ? Et il faut bien un peu de politique en même temps, n’est-ce pas ? Et votre verbe auxiliaire – être ou avoir – Républicain ou Démocrate ? D’un côté ou de l’autre, vous vous faites […]
New Normal
Disorientation at a crossroad. Life events to manage. Now what?
Christina Symanski – Weird News? Try Tragic
Here is what offends me: this news item was classified – wrongly and callously – as “weird news.” The journalistic summary in question pertains to the death of Christina Symanski, at age 31, a paraplegic who took her own life by starving herself. Incidentally, the starvation process required two months. She died December 1st, 2011, […]