2010 has been a banner year for douche-baggery. Maybe not since Monica Lewinsky failed to do her laundry have we seen such sterling examples of the baser nature of public figures. The worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics were all…
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.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Next on Cable News, Nothing Important
I am a news junkie. When I used to commute in a car I would listen to NPR to pass the time. In fact, the reporting on Big Tobacco’s cover-up of health studies related to cigarettes is what led me…
Sister Wives Honeymoon Travesty Part 2
Part Two Welcome to the second half of our serious and important social commentary on the phenomenon of polygamy and Kody Brown as its public face. If you missed the first half of the transcript of our live chat during…
Santa’s Little Covert Agent
From UrbanDictionary.com Stabbity Doll: (n) Creepy-ass antique doll that looks like it will come to life and kill you while you’re sleeping. If this thing is in the guest room where you’re supposed to sleep, you will *not* be able…
My Soapbox: Campaign Finance
Boy, that post title doesn’t inspire much confidence does it? It sounds like a Sunday morning talk show kind of topic. Well, I can be funny about it! Ok, no I really can’t. But a reader asked a question in…
Christmas Needs to Back Off
Thanksgiving is a week away and I don’t know what I’m doing for it yet. It’s no big deal: we’ll either go over to my husband’s aunt’s house or have her over to ours. She’s local so either way it’s…
People I Love
The best part of blogging is other bloggers. No doubt about it. The other women, and a few men, I’ve met since I started writing online have made my life richer, more interesting, and a whole lot funnier. Lydia and…
Operation Kardashian: Part Three
As many of you know, Kardashian Konfidential comes out next week and the Pulitzer Committee is probably sharpening its pencils to cast ballots for it as the greatest work of literature of 2010. Or perhaps they just want to correct…
Book Review: A Prairie Tale
I have immersed myself in the prairie and what an experience it’s been. First I read Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison “Nellie Oleson”Arngrim, which I LOVED and reviewed here last week. It was the perfect memoir of Little…
