Ich möchte nicht auf Deutsch sprechen
I've lived in Germany for more than one year but I am ashamed to admit that, for the first time in my life, I've not learned to speak the language in a satisfactory way. Worse than labeling me an "Ugly...
View ArticleWhen wannabe authors attack!
HINT: It isn't pretty. I spent the morning reading just one review of one book and the comment thread that it inspired. In short, this train wreck of a comment thread is a great example of the reasons...
View ArticlePeeved OUTRAGED
Image: Courtesy of The Outrage Project. As the title of this blog entry implies; I am PEEVED OUTRAGED! PEEVED OUTRAGED, I TELL YOU! Why? I just got wind of the latest event to happen in my wee part of...
View ArticleAllergies
The weather has been gorgeous so I've been in agony these past few days. Why? Allergies, of course. Currently, I am heavily medicated with cold medications and antihistamines, neither of which are...
View ArticlePenis Parity Day
In honour of this auspicious day, all women should wear a strap-on to work
View ArticleFINALLY!
This manic Harry Potter fan is going to see the penultimate Harry Potter film TONIGHT! I have not been able to see many films in a movie house in my life, so I've had to rely on renting the DVDs or...
View ArticleFrankfurt's firefighters
Frankfurt's firemen -- fat, balding, old, white smokers themselves -- look nothing like NYC's finest
View ArticleToday is The Rapture
If you are reading this, then one of two possibilities are true for you: either you are a godless liberal heathen (like myself) or you are in a time zone that has not yet been Raptured. Because god...
View ArticlePottermania, Pottermore
Are you like me -- an avid Harry Potter fan? If so, you will be excited to learn that JK Rowling will launch a free online Harry Potter experience: Pottermore. This site will launch in October 2011,...
View ArticleQuiet dignity and grace
Some of you know that a couple short weeks before I left the United States nearly two years ago, I met my brother for the first time since I had been thrown out of the house (for good) as a teenager....
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