Today, Michael Jackson's family, friends and fans buried The King of Pop--or memorialized him, anyway. As the ABC anchors annoyingly whispered in hushed tones: "We're not exactly sure where the body is going at this moment." Novel idea there, you vultures. Maybe one moment in all this should be left to the family alone ( Read more... )

Never win first place, I don't support the team ( Read more... )

Some days it gets completely crazy ( Read more... )

So I was at Bellevue Square yesterday with my mom for our monthly "drink-and-bitch" session, which I am really coming to enjoy. She and I do really well when we are away from my stepdad and we have something finite to do. I'm actually helping her with both some paper grading and a grant request right now, and it feels good to be contributing to ( Read more... )

This post is not going to be edited for other people. Fair warning ( Read more... )

In this case, the "admission" in the title refers to the admission of wrongdoing, not a fee charged to get in somewhere. I saw Frost/Nixon last night with Scott, and like geoff721, I found it captivating. This doesn't really come as a surprise to many who have known me for years, as United States presidential politics and particularly the 60's and 70's ( Read more... )

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I'm starting to get nervous ( Read more... )

So, we've arrived at Saturday again, thus kicking off (haha) another glorious weekend of watching football. However, with any enjoyable activity involving referees, penalty flags, testosterone and armbands that serve no purpose besides decoration, there will be irksome things coming out of the woodwork. Here are a few whistle-blowing worthy things ( Read more... )

I always talk about how I know of people who are getting screwed by our health care system, but now I really feel it. I suppose there have been times like this in the past, usually with regard to mental health care, when I've felt so paralyzed by need and inability to access the thing that will help me ( Read more... )