Not My Mother’s Blog

For you betting folks who believe in omens and superstitions (and don’t the two go hand in hand?) – I’ve got a news flash: Pair of cardinals sitting on my back yard fence yesterday morning. In Massachusetts. In January. In the middle of a snowstorm. I gotta figure that they were there to deliver a [...]

So a search for Dunkin Donuts coffee references on the web led me to a blog post that posited an old conservative talking point: building the economy from the bottom up doesn’t work. To quote Political Pistachio: Provide money to the poorest, I suppose, so that they can spend the money, and then as they [...]

Obama made Rush Windblow a happy camper last week when he told Republicans that “you can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and expect to get things done”. I’m dying over how many different ways that statement can be taken out of context – my favorite so far is Limbaugh’s contention that Obama is “more afraid [...]

Happy New Year! We wake up this morning in the Year of the Ox, under the leadership of the world’s current most famous Ox – Barack Obama. Born in August 1961, Obama is an Ox by birth. While his Western astrological sign is Leo, Obama’s designation as an Ox is most akin to a Capricorn [...]

This is what happens when making money for the few becomes more important than providing a product that makes a living for the many. Coffee and Stella D’Oro – A Bittersweet Story

In Common by chameleon I still remember how she told me how she pissed her pants in fear “thirty-fuckin-four years old wettin my pants because he was the law and he was lookin at me and he was” mad as the boy who held a knife at my throat because the only white women on [...]

Obama- ‘Hope over fear‘ I can’t help shaking my head at all the pundits declaring that Obama didn’t deliver any quotable quotes in his inaugural speech. If anything, his speech contains an embarrassment of quotable riches. Just listen to the first minute and a half of Obama’s inaugural speech above. Just listen. We have chosen [...]

This morning on MSNBC, Savannah Guthrie announced the reason that the Obama camp has been so reticent with WWD and other top fashion industry mags about what Michelle is wearing to the Inauguration. Get this: Michelle Obama has not decided what she’s wearing for the Inauguration yet. That’s right. The Inauguration is less than 24 [...]

Written last year for my daughter and (sometimes) co-blogger – it just seemed appropriate to share it for MLK Day: Love Song for My Daughter When I tell you we have come a long way, baby, please remember I grew up in a world where women had two choices – get married or be pitied; [...]

I’m still blinking at that statement. Bush’s final press conference, he’s asked about the negative view that others have of the United States. He says that he disagrees with the assessment that our country is viewed negatively, that “most people respect America” and that we are viewed as “strong, compassionate people”. And I’m still blinking. [...]

Okay, so Suze Orman didn’t exactly tell Sarah Palin to grow up, but it was close. In a conversation this morning on Morning Jawbreaker, Orman said that Palin should be “mature enough” to ignore media criticism directed at her instead of whining that Katie Couric picked on her and made her look bad. Considering that [...]