I experienced what very well may have been the single most frustrating hour of my entire adult life this morning while trying to make an overseas phone call to my husband. I cannot understand for the life of me why it remains so difficult to communicate with people overseas in this age of wireless everything, but it does ( Read more... )

I just spent nearly an hour in the middle of the night writing an entry to post. Then I somehow hit the back button and deleted the whole thing. What a wasted hour of sleep.

KHAAAN.

If you believe in the concept of the "War on Terror", I think it's safe to say at this point that we're losing it.

Molly Ivins succumbs to breast cancer.

Sweet.

I'm having a little moment on behalf of Nancy Pelosi, the soon-to-be highest ranking female official EVER in our country's history. 3rd in line for the presidency, baby.

Doesn't she look proud?

I'm reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins - good stuff. I love that his primary argument tactic consists of ridiculing people who believe in God. That takes balls, man - I think every Atheist I know would like to employ that very same tactic, but fears ostracization or at least some very dirty looks ( Read more... )

The leaves are pretty colors, sure, but what happened to that gorgeous 55-60 degree weather that we all know and love, the one where you can wear light coats and skirts, nice sweaters and cool shoes?

Why must it be 35 degrees all month? WHY?

Read in awe as Robert Scheer tears Hillary Clinton and other Democratic "moderates" a new one.

Why is it that every time I find a really good hairdresser who knows how to cut my curly yet fine hair, I get only one or two cuts from them (which I adore), and then they move away somewhere and I can never find anyone to maintain my hair quite the same way?

Why?

WHY?!?!