Category Archives: nothing special

I got into an argument with a lawyer on Facebook yesterday.  The subject was the argument over the religious exemption for requirements for insurance coverage for contraception. He trotted out all the usual responses to Sandra Fluke: having sex has … Continue reading →

I have a full dozen topics I have listed to write on, not to mention the everyday things that happen. I am also job searching.  I have no idea how long this will take.  And new things are being added … Continue reading →

I saw a young boy standing next to a street sign earlier today, holding on and swinging around.  He couldn’t have been more than six.  For a brief moment I flashed back to the Red-Headed Menace doing the exact same … Continue reading →

The Red-Headed Menace, talking about his Modern European History AP assignment: “Wouldn’t you agree, Mom, that Otto von Bismarck was trolling the rest of Europe?”

First, before I say anything else, what I am about to say is in no way whatsoever intended to be a criticism of Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown Law student who wanted to testify before Congress, and who has been smeared … Continue reading →

If you love modern dance, see Pina.If you like modern dance, see Pina.If you are curious about modern dance, see Pina. If you like weird documentaries…If you like experimental movies with no narrative arc…If you like surrealism — maybe especially … Continue reading →

I know this is tacky, but I am going to do it anyway.  I hope you are not offended. I  have been told that one of downsides of helping non-profits is that at some point you have to hit up … Continue reading →

Offered without commentary from Criterion Collections’ blurb about And God Created Woman, by Roger Vadim: Bardot stars as Juliette, an 18-year-old orphan whose unbridled appetite for pleasure shakes up all of St. Tropez; her sweet but naïve husband Michel (Jean-Louis … Continue reading →

So, there’s the gala I am working on.  I am looking for possible movies about or set in Paris, to be shown in the background during the cocktail hour/silent auction preceding the dinner. And I am really resisting my urge … Continue reading →

The Motion Picture Licensing Corporation has the worst hold music I have ever heard.  It is a throwback to early seventies Muzak-dime store music (I used to work in a Kresge’s as a teenager, and had to listen to this … Continue reading →

I am writing a post – which may ormay not see the light of day – about all the people I am thankfulfor in my life.* Out of 18 people, five have names which begin withthe letter “C.” I don’t … Continue reading →

For some reason, I am very fond of the competition show Top Shot on the History Channel. Shooting stuff up in interesting ways just looks so fun.  Not quite as much as blowing things up a la Mythbusters, but serious … Continue reading →

Personhood from conception has been shelved in Virginia.  Just as well. It is still alive and kicking in Oklahoma, though.  And this morning, completely unbidden (much like an earworm), the following scenario presented itself: A man has two daughters, A … Continue reading →

Wired, alert, anxious.  Rereading every word I have written over the past three weeks, worried about being misunderstood — what have I not said that I should have said, or said that I should not have?  Do I represent myself … Continue reading →

A man in Alaska has filed suit alleging that the Fourteenth Amendment does not carry with it the right to hold public office. This particular frivolous lawsuit not only infuriates me, but concerns me.  Not that there is a bigot … Continue reading →