Just read that Natalie Portman and her current (scary) manfriend Devendra Banhart split up…so I thought that I’d do a little celebrity match-making and come up with Natalie’s next man. She’s a tough… Read More →

So, my sister and I get a great kick out of going to a theatre to see a movie we know we’ll hate, then heckling our way through it, Mystery Science Theater-style. We’re… Read More →

So, the 2004 Governor’s race in the State of Washington was one of closest, most hotly contested in the history of….oh, politics. Ever. Came down to recount after recount, a lawsuit or twelve,… Read More →

Time for another round of my favorite game, a good opportunity for me to realize that my day isn’t so bad – I could be any of these people (or research institutes) –… Read More →

It’s OK to aspire to the highest office in the land…as long as your children are grown and out of the house and your child-rearing days are behind you. It’s OK to balance… Read More →

I don’t care how similarly-shaped their chins are – Carrie Underwood is Barbie-Perfect and Barbies should know better. Barbies don’t date inarticulate super-human neo-celebs with perpetually pruned fingers and toes and lunatic mommies…I… Read More →

I’m no athlete (let alone an Olympian) so on one hand I’m about the last person qualified to make this particular argument. On the other hand, I’m an American who loves to see… Read More →

Here’s another dose of perspective for me…I know that on any given day there are people having a harder time of it than I: Heidi Dalibor, aka: The Library Lady This sweet young… Read More →

OK famous-girls: enough already. How much of Hollywood has to break up with the guy before someone figures it out: the dude is skeezy. He lauds his own wandering eye. He admits to… Read More →

Dang, Shia. You’re breakin my heart. You’ve joined the Mugshot Club. Trouble is, you weren’t thrown out of Mr Chow’s or caught making a scene at Pure or seen smearing your face with… Read More →