Hilary Rodham Clinton will most likely be the first female POTUS. Frankly, I am not thrilled. I was – I am – an ardent supporter of Bernie Sanders. There are several key policy issues where I agree with Sanders and vehemently disagree with HRC. Those are: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Sanders confirms Israel’s right to… Read more Why I’ll Be Voting For Clinton Even Though She Doesn’t Thrill Me
The Hollywood Reporter recently published an interview with Woody Allen in which he said several narcissistic things regarding his wife (who is also formerly his kinda/sorta-stepdaughter) Soon-Yi Previn. When asked how Soon Yi had effected his life, Woody Allen nattered on about how good HE was for HER … so much so that the reporter… Read more More Creepy Woody Allen in a Creepy Interview
Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, is not only a philanthropist, he chivvies and chides other major corporations to give to philanthropic causes as well. He is also very concerned about civil rights. Therefore, he was one of the MANY corporate bigwigs to sign a letter drafted by civil rights organizations protesting the “bathroom law”… Read more Let Me Define This For You
I love the meme that goes around social media roughly wondering, “If May the Fourth is Star Wars Day, and the next day is Cinco de Mayo, then is the day after that the Revenge of the Sixth?” Ah, the pun is very punny. Notwithstanding the joke, some pretty bad stuff has gone down on… Read more The Dark Side and the Sound of Silence
The thing that drives me nuts about the multi-billion dollar dieting industry is that most of them know (based on multiple scientific research studies) that their approach does more harm than good … especially those that push “meal-replacements” or radically reduced calorie diets. It is healthier to be fat than it is to diet, particularly… Read more The Biggest Losers Also Lose Their Metabolism
Ever since North Carolina passed that ludicrous law demanding that people go potty in the bathroom that matches their birth-assigned gender my social media has lit up with posts in support of the law and posts decrying it. Some of the people supporting the law have a hatred of anything NOT heteronormal dripping off the… Read more Who is a Danger in Bathrooms?
Earth Day is celebrated on this date because the environmental movement really got started on April 22, 1970. The idea for a national day to focus on the environment came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara,… Read more Happy Earth Day!
This is our rescue dog, Foxy: When we adopted her from an animal shelter in September she was nearly hairless from malnutrition and living on the street, and so starved you could see every bone in her body. The vet says someone tried to breed her but non of her pups lived long enough to… Read more Foxy Only Barks at Passive-Aggressive Behavior
I had a wonderful Easter weekend, and I hope you all did likewise! My daughters were delighted with their Easter Baskets, and looked super-cute in their flouncy, sparkly, tulle-rich dresses. We had friends over to do a massive egg hunt in our back yard and the weather was absolutely perfect; sunny and warm without being… Read more Hoppy Easter!
If you are one of the many, MANY people celebrating St. Patrick’s today – either from genuine Irish pride or because you are using your great-grandmother’s potential 1/8 Gaelic heritage as an excuse to get wasted and party this weekend – you will be enjoying the festivities because of all the Irish who strove and… Read more Happy St. Patrick’s Day