So. I got an anonymous comment on my post yesterday. It was…gross. I left it up so you can read it if you want, though I wanted to delete it on sight. But it leads me to a topic that…
Category: Serious Stuff
My Child Is In Daycare. You Can Bite Me If You Don’t Like That
I was recently having an email exchange with a reader who had left some critical comment here at the old blog. We were having what I consider to be a fairly interesting discussion about the scope of government and the…
Losing
Every day there’s a new story about new or proposed laws – at the state or federal level – to limit women’s access to a full range of reproductive choices. Laws that tread the line of criminalizing miscarriage. Laws that…
Stop With The Violent Talk, Already!
The cock-smoking asshats are on the march again. Remember last fall when I went into a profound mental fugue state over some jackwad who stomped on a woman’s head at a political event because he liked one candidate and she…
Teacher, Teach Thyself
Did you all hear about this teacher who had a blog and wrote nasty stuff about her students? And got caught? And is currently suspended? Yeah. From what I can tell, she liked to blog snarky stuff about her high-school…
Where Will You Go?
Fact: Cervical cancer is preventable. Pap smears can detect precancerous changes before they progress. Dangerous cells can usually be removed with a minimally invasive LEEP procedure. If you have insurance, you can get your annual gynecological exam. You call, make…
V-Day
I don’t do Valentine’s Day. There are two big reasons. First, my wedding anniversary is later in the week which is like a Get Out Of Valentine’s day Free card for LIFE. Second, when I was about 14, I decided…
Preacher Man
Does anyone remember Ted Haggard? He’s the mega-church preacher from Colorado who got busted hiring a male escort for “massages” and crystal meth back in 2006. I didn’t know who Haggard was at the time but the whole scandal gave…
Choices
This post was reprinted with my permission at Salon.com on January 21, 2011. I was not compensated for that reprint. Warning: If you oppose legal abortion, please be aware that I do not share your position on this matter. However,…
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.…
