I'm getting a little tired of hearing the political blah-gosphere endlessly repeating this mantra about "the stimulus bill is a total abject failure" and "did nothing for struggling Americans," etc ( Read more... )

So Judge Sotomayor is so far totally impressive, poised, cool as a cucumber, fiercely intelligent, knows legal history inside & out. She has obviously more than proven false the silly allegations of favoritism, not only by her performance in the hot seat but more importantly by her RECORD ( Read more... )

Otay. A little explanation is obviously in order for my lengthy, perhaps mysterious (?) absence from LJ Land. (as 2manynotes has so colorfully expressed, heehee!) Srsly. This is multi-faceted and may be rambling. Please bear with.

You may recall that Chapter 1 of my sudden state of not-posting-like-a-wild-beast-day-in-and-day-out … was brought on by ( Read more... )

Er, hello. I haven’t been on this frequency for a while, and assume the following points have already been well commented on here, but 2 things stand out for me about our latest media feeding-frenzy, Michael Jackson’s memorial ( Read more... )

Gittin it done jes' like yew should!! (and still looking totally lickable in the process, TYLAR ( Read more... )

Was I sleeping, while the others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today? That with Estragon my friend, at this place, until the fall of night, I waited for Godot? That Pozzo passed, with his carrier, and that he spoke to us? Probably. But in all that what truth will there be ( Read more... )

On Friday my friend Greg passed away, after a long & courageous battle with cystic fibrosis. He was told at 17 that he wouldn't reach 30. Well, he blew that theory all to hell for nearly 14 years, by sheer force of will. The guy kept in tiptop shape & decided he would fight this thing every day of his life. He was in the process of becoming ( Read more... )

I mean, right now my queeny classical oboe friend from conservatory is having a conversation with my redneck marching-band trumpet friend from high school. These are 2 guys who I'd nevar, EVAR, imagine even being in the same room together, much less talking about, ummm ... skin-flute concertos.

::facepalm::

Oscar-winner Sean Penn, on anti-gay protesters and Prop-8 supporters:

“...it’s a demonstration of such cowardice, emotional cowardice, to be so afraid of extending the same rights to your fellow man as you’d want for yourself.”

"Don't talk while I'm interrupting, Monica!"

~Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune) to Monica Crowley (Fox News), on The McLaughlin Group ... after she essentially blamed the recession on poor people