Life Lessons

Do you know what time it is? Tag time. This one comes courtesy Harini and it’s about life lessons learned. I’d like to think I learn my lessons, don’t you? Coz the alternative is that I’m a dumbass. Hold the emails.
01. Parents are people too. I don’t know if any one of you [...]

Back From the Wedding

No, not mine. My cousin’s. Don’t tell me you didn’t notice I was gone?!
So… yes, there was a wedding. And now I need to go check in with my gynaecologist to see if all my lady parts are working because everyone keeps telling me that as a girl, I’m supposed to love this [...]

The Charlie Wilson’s War Reaction

Charlie Wilson’s War is the extraordinary tale of a little known Texas Congressman who pulled off one of the greatest coups of the Cold War. Like most things written by Aaron Sorkin, it’s smart, funny and politically astute. Going in, I had no idea if I would be able to sit through it.
Oh, I like [...]

Heath Ledger (1979 - 2008)

Actor Heath Ledger, age 28, was discovered dead in his NYC apartment by his housekeeper and his masseuse yesterday. Suffering from a bout of pneumonia, he’d apparently overdosed on the sleeping pills he’d begun taking to deal with the stress of playing The Joker in the upcoming Batman sequel co-starring Christian Bale.
Just the other day [...]

Everyone Has a Problem With Breast Feeding

Breast feeding. Does that make you uncomfortable? If so, are you uncomfortable at the thought of it (babies! suck! food! out! of! women!) or is it the actual physical act of it (baby! sucking! nipple! just! like! ME!) that’s disturbing? Or are you one of those folks who find it erotic? Or do you, like [...]

We Didn’t Start the Fire

I’ve had a couple of depressing posts in the works for the past couple of days and every time I go to post them, something like this catches my eye and perks me up so much, I end up posting it instead. Today: Nerd World commemorates the 19th anniversary of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start [...]

Scientology Asks Questions

I really thought I was done with the whole Tom Cruise-Scientology thing but what do I know? I hadn’t yet seen the “Sec Whole Track” - the Scientology questionnaire. According to Radar, these are the questions asked at “audits”. There are 343 of them, but Radar brings us the choicest. So I obviously had to [...]

Mrs. James Bond

I would like to interrupt regular programming to show all of you a photograph that did more for my self-esteem and faith in the continued existence of true love in these superficial times than that Dove commercial.
The lady you see above? She’s Keely Shaye Smith. Otherwise known as Mrs. Pierce Brosnan.
Did I blow your mind? [...]

Me Be Hero, Pliss

I’m not really an angry person but I was reading this post by the Mad Momma and realized that most of my “reaction posts” sound… well, furious. Reasonably so, in my opinion but still, it made me wonder if I’ve been slowly writing myself to a place that I have no wish to inhabit - [...]

Tom Cruise, Actor on Tom Cruise, Scientologist

I keep thinking that tomorrow Tom Cruise will hold a press conference and say, “Ha! Fooled ya, suckers!” but considering Mark Ebner sent it out and the thing was apparently taped for a Scientologists’ award function, chances appear to be very slim.
This video went viral after it was posted on Gawker and The Huffington Post [...]