I’m not good at delayed gratification. For evidence of this I present Exhibit A: The bag of Trader Joe’s chocolate covered toffee popcorn that I bought to be my little treat every night after work this week. It’s sitting beside…
Author: Rebekah Kuschmider
I'm a mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by my political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
If I Were In Charge…
I sometimes like to fantasize about what life would be like if I ran the world. Then I think running the world is too big a job and I downgrade to just running the US. I’d be better at that…
Letter to Michelle Obama After The Shootings In Arizona
Dear Mrs. Obama, Have you let your husband out of your sight since Saturday? The look on your face during the moment of silence for the Tucson shooting victims spoke volumes to me. You look grimly terrified in the pictures.…
Money Can’t Buy Me…
There was a spectacular incident of a local politician crashing and burning here last year. The elected executive of a large county in Maryland was indicted on bribery charges after a long investigation into his relationships with county contractors. The…
Letters to Hef, His Fiancee, and Holly Who Got Away
Dear Hef, Congratulations! You’re getting married! You must be overwhlemed with joy! This is an exciting event in the life of a young ma-. Oh. Right. Not young. But it’s still exciting! Marriage isn’t the province of the young, after…
Beauty Top Down: What is Victoria’s Secret?
A few months ago I read “Getting Pretty Back” by Molly Ringwald. Yes, that Molly Ringwald. The one who is pretty in pink. I thought initially that this book was going to be another celebrity memoir that I could lampoon…
Don’t Reload. Don’t.
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one Drying in the colour of the evening sun Tomorrow’s rain will wash the stains away But something in our minds will always stay Perhaps this final act was meant To…
Snookered by Snooki
If you happen to be perusing the shelves of many fine bookstores this week, you may find yourself confronted with a cover featuring an eerily familiar pair of eyes gazing at you underneath an 8 inch tall pouf of hair.…
Women ARE People, Justice Scalia
I was having an ordinary Tuesday morning, sitting at my desk with a cup of coffee, scanning the headlines and watching the clock in advance of an impending staff meeting. Then my head exploded. Why exactly did my brains fly…
Book Review: The Bedwetter
I really, really like comedy. I think the ability to be consistently funny is amazing and I wish I thought I could get laughs daily just from using my words. I especially like female comics like Margaret Cho and Wanda…
