In medias res

It’s been said everywhere, practically, but Palin is exactly the kind of scary, right wing evangelical that we do NOT need in any sort of office, telling us how to run our lives. How cynical of the media to think women are so stupid that we’ll vote for anything that has a vagina…and how incredibly [...]

One of my sisters got married on Saturday. My youngest sister. I was appalled when the minister introduced them as “Mr. and Mrs. Her Husband’s Name.” Since then, I have been calling her husband Mr. My Youngest Sister’s Name. Fucking ridiculous, as if a woman ceases to exist once she gets married. I know that [...]

I’m watching Brief Encounter and have stopped midway. The fainting, hysterical representation of women is a real impediment to my full enjoyment of this 1945 classic. Then again, if I were a housewife and had nothing else to look forward to besides cooking, mending, and child-rearing, I might swoon on occasion as well.
Who am I [...]

Memorial Day weekend. What can I say? I drove too much, which caused some problems walking for a few days, but the rest ultimately did me good. Back in the cube farm now; somehow, I am supposed to fit some 15 hours of meetings into this 32-hour work week and still get things done. This [...]

I surprised myself this evening. Filling out my mail-in ballot has been on my to-do list for a couple weeks, and since it’s due tomorrow, I figured now was the time. I’m lucky enough to have met all of the candidates for statewide office for whom I voted, and a number of the locals too. [...]

This. Calling women you don’t know “sweetie” is sexist, demeaning, infantilizing, and regressive.  Shame on Obama. No shit is it a “bad habit.”
This.  McCain’s new faux-green image. It’s smart, but it’s also a lie.

Catcalling: creepy or a compliment. Wow. Only on CNN…I wish.

This afternoon I have an interview for another job, so that makes it more bearable. HOWEVER. Last night I realized that the macho pendejo who works for another manager and sexually harasses coworkers and pressures clients to trade services for sexual favors–and of course is not fired because he works for this really shitty organization–will [...]