You buy shade grown coffee. You try not to eat meat. You never buy products that aren’t cruelty free. You scorn SUVs. You only use cage free eggs and milk with no growth hormones. You shun Nikes and the sweatshops that churn them out. You make sure the [...]
Susan Atkins, the member of the Manson family who stabbed the pregnant Sharon Tate, and smeared the word “pig” in Tate’s blood on the murder scene wall, recently made an appeal for a compassionate release from prison. For those not up to speed on her health, Atkins is suffering from the final stages of [...]
Two dudes overheard at the gym:
First dude: So you know my friend from California?
Second dude: Yeah?
First dude: So his godson –
Second dude: You mean his son?
First dude: No, his godson –
Second dude: So like his nephew?
First dude: No, his godson. Like, it’s the kid of one of his friends, and he’s the godfather.
Second dude: Okay.
First [...]
Via The Edge of the American West, here’s a fairly remarkable clip from everyone’s favorite daytime talk show, The View:
Apparently the annoying blond, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, is the show’s outspoken conservative, “a woman who will not let her voice be compromised,” according to the show’s website. I seem to recall seeing other clips of her defending [...]
I had trouble concentrating today. I was even more fidgety than usual: shuffling printed emails into random stacks, moving my pen from tote to desk and then dropping it on the floor, walking into rooms without remembering why. My body was jerky, projecting sympathetic butterflies from another stomach. Tonight is opening night for my son, the [...]