Guarantee issue – In the past, insurers could deny policies to people who had health conditions they deemed too risky to cover. This could have been anything from a history of cancer to – and this happened to me –…
Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock. Potato sack races. Supermarket sweep using WIC vouchers. Obama-Boehner twerk-off. Cantor-Biden twerk-off. Bo-McConnell twerk-off. Final Jeopardy-style question on the topic “Famous Compromises”. Arm wrestling. Putin referees. Boehner and Obama each try Anna Kendrick’s “Cups” routine and the one…
1. Have an alarm system. 2. Have emergency plans and go over them with the whole family. 3. Get to know your neighbors. 4. Invest in windows and doors with secure locks. 5. Join the neighborhood association to get and…
I did a post about things I want my daughter to know recently so I felt that I should do one for my son too. This is a little more tailored to him personally because, well, I know him better.…
Well. Haven’t we had ourselves a little tizzy about what women think this week? The media, armchair pundits in social media space, politicians, candidates, they were all sounding off on Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, working moms, stay at home moms,…
There’s a lot of hot air pupping around about contraception falling under mandatory insurance coverage rules. Apparently some people don’t want their money going into a group coverage pool that pays for birth control on moral or religious grounds. I…
Obama loses his cool during the State of the Union and tells Congress to go fuck themselves. The FCC shuts down production on all Real Housewives franchises on the grounds that they’re neither housewives nor real. Texas attempts to secede…
In no particular order… Robert Reich Even Ensler My grandmother Matt Damon Henry Rollins David Sedaris Barney Frank Nancy Pelosi Hillary Clinton Madeleine Albright Robin Williams Richard Holbrooke J.D. Salinger Nathan Lane Jon Stewart Stephen Colbert Jen Lancaster Bill Clinton…
Public sector union employees – such as teachers – do get pensions. However, they often do not pay into Social Security and will not be able to draw SS benefits at retirement. They usually pay about 12% of their income…
Go to Disney World! Cut an album of duets with Hank Williams Jr. Market a line of hair care products on QVC. Take a pottery class. Pitch a remake of The Love Boat wherein she reprises Charo’s role. Write a…
