Tales from the park sideLife, motherhood, existential crisis, recipes...<br>not necessarily in that order.Not your father's bridge mix, or, how's that diet coming, anyway- May 13, 2006 Trader Joe's, are you listening Because like Kathy Bates to James Caan, I am your biggest fan. But I won't cut off the leg that feeds me. (If you don't get that reference, you are too young or too fancy to watch a Stephen King movie. Go on, off to IMDB with you.)Now, on to more important things. Do you remember bridge mix It seems like the kind of thing that disappeared in a 1977, though according to the internet god Google, it's still around. It was the kind.http://blogs.salon.com/0003745/2006/05/13.html#a150 You need to be aware of this- May 11, 2006 I don't think this is new news, for anyone who's been paying close attention to this White House, but apparently the mainstream press is shocked --SHOCKED, I tell you-- to learn that Bush has willy-nilly been deciding which of the recently passed laws he will obey. Read this comprehensive article from the Boston Globe to learn more. It's important, if you want to know just how diseased the executive branch has become.http://blogs.salon.com/0003745/2006/05/11.html#a149 So much to say, so little time- May 8, 2006 At least for now, so little time. Suffice it to say that I have just returned from a glorious--really, glorious--weekend in Big Sur with my family. If you've never been there, you should make it a priority to go, at least once in your life. It is a place where even an atheist can feel the presence of the divine, incarnated in redwoods, rocky cliffs and crashing seas. If you don't believe me, read Mayer Rus' "Testy Tastemaker" column in this month's House and Garden. (In..http://blogs.salon.com/0003745/2006/05/08.html#a148 Stephen Colbert is my hero- May 2, 2006 Finally someone has spoken truth not just to power, but also to the propagandists--I mean, Washington journalists--who participate in the propping and propagating of the Bush fantasies and lies. Stephen Colbert gave a brilliant indictment of Bush and the journalists who participate in his destructive policies at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Visit here and here to learn more, and be sure to watch the video.http://blogs.salon.com/0003745/2006/05/02.html#a147 My own personal preapocalyptic vision- May 1, 2006 Like it's not bad enough that Fox has plastered the town with all those creepy "6+6+06" signs for the remake of "The Omen", now I'm having my own version of the four horsemen. In the past, every time my life was about to take some important turn (moving in with the H, marrying the H stand out; you'll see why in a moment) ex-boyfriends from around the globe would resurface. Random phone calls, for no particular reason, just to check in. I wish I could say that I am one of those.http://blogs.salon.com/0003745/2006/04/30.html#a146 |