Sarah Palin eager to bomb my Russian relatives

*yawn* This one was pretty much a given. You know who she reminds me of? The country club mothers who’d guffaw “you’re lucky you don’t glow!” having discovered that I was near Chernobyl when the catastrophe occurred. And no, these weren’t pals of mine who knew me well and could get away with a littleContinue reading “Sarah Palin eager to bomb my Russian relatives”

IS the world about to end?

“Come on, Scully, it will be a nice trip to the forest.” – Famous last words. Well, almost. If we’re all indeed about to be destroyed by a bunch of mad scientists, I honestly have to say they picked a terrible time to waste us. Sure, the economy’s in the crapper and the environment isContinue reading “IS the world about to end?”

Sex, Immaturity, Britney, Bristol, and Good Old Americana

This post on The Interculturalists reminded me of the one thing that I’ll never get over in regards to the US of A: this tee-hee-omigod-wee-wees-and-hoo-haas attitude toward sex and procreation in our collective public discourse. Now, do I think that all French people couldn’t give a crap about Rachida Dati’s pregnancy (Rachida Dati is unmarried,Continue reading “Sex, Immaturity, Britney, Bristol, and Good Old Americana”