October 2007 – Page 2

I’m going to cough my lung out

And then I’m going to take that lung, bring it to the city council and dump it on the mayor’s desk.

Fruit of thy womb

This article on the BBC made me think back to Joss Whedon’s question (I’ve quote it on this blog before): ” What is wrong with women? I mean wrong. Physically. Spiritually. Something unnatural, something destructive, something that needs to be corrected. How did more than half the people in the world come out incorrectly? IContinue reading “Fruit of thy womb”

So they haven’t turned on the heating yet

And, naturally, I’ve finally gotten sick – the shrinking interval between jumping-out-of-bed and jumping-into-warm clothes/hot shower notwithstanding. To add insult to injury, my mother left home for the market today, and left the keys in the lock. I was wondering why the hell someone was laughing hysterically on the stairwell as I tried to openContinue reading “So they haven’t turned on the heating yet”

Blog-stroll on Pokrov

Pokrov is an Eastern Orthodox religious holiday. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent Pokrov at home. I like it. It’s happy and low-key and very, very peaceful. Ali Eteraz is… being Ali Eteraz. And pissing off Yvonne Ridley. Ye-a. Pandagon’s latest book selection is Susan Faludi’s The Terror Dream. The dissection of theContinue reading “Blog-stroll on Pokrov”

I hope it’s OK for me to say

That I’m glad Doris Lessing got the Nobel, as opposed to Philip Roth. I can’t get into Roth’s fiction no matter how hard I try. *This is the part wherein some smart-ass shows up and tells me that the entire reason why I don’t get into Roth has to do with my lack of aContinue reading “I hope it’s OK for me to say”