Carrie Prejean, the fired Miss California USA who became famous for stating her opposition to marriage equality for homosexuals, dropped her lawsuit against the California state pageant officials on Nov. 3 after they showed her an X-rated home movie in which TMZ.com reports she performed solo. “I just wanted to make an audition tape but …
Monthly Archives: November 2009
My father is in pain and that's what I care about today
Dad is taking a nap but in a few minutes I will wake him up and take him to the rheumatologist, Dr. A (not his real initial). Dad’s arthritis was under control on a daily dose of 2.5 milligrams of prednisone, but prednisone has side effects, like reducing bone density, which concerned the doctor because …
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Dear Attila
Dear Attila, I am delighted to learn that you have discussed a sleep study with a doctor — I hope, one who is a sleep specialist, since the study of sleep medicine is brand-new and even young general practitioners mostly only know enough about sleep medicine to be dangerous, that is, dismissive of real problems, …
Such a bargain
… just give him a day’s notice for local deliveries so he can borrow his neighbor’s truck. And shovel.
Here comes Bubba Claus
… right down Bubba Claus lane.
'There are going to be fewer but better Russians'
Ninotchka is one of my favorite movies of all time. It perfectly illustrates the dichotomy between capitalism and communism. Greta Garbo plays Ninotchka and this is the movie that was advertised, “Garbo laughs!” She has my favorite line at 8:38 in the clip above: “The last mass trials were a great success. There are going …
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Rush is right — Sarah Palin is ready to be president right now
H/T Conservatives4Palin. Sarah Palin has the experience, leadership, policies and temperament to be the president of the United States RIGHT NOW. In 2008, of the four persons on the Democratic and Republican tickets in the presidential race, ONLY Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had the experience to be president AND only Gov. Palin had the best …
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Hot Voodoo
I was reminded of this performance by Marlene Dietrich by a post by Reclusive Leftist, who was suggesting Halloween outfits. I first saw this in 1995 when I rented the movie to watch with my late life partner, Margaret Ardussi, after getting caught up in a biography of Marlene Dietrich that she had listened to …
Punksmacking for Gay Patriot, bitchslapping for Peggy Noonan
Gay Patriot fell into bad company yesterday, by which I mean Peggy Noonan, who is too elitist and envious to understand the miracle that is Sarah Palin, and Noonan persuaded him that our nation’s ills are due to us pampered, spoiled Baby Boomers. Here is Noonan’s central problem: Obama is deliberately bringing down this country, …
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