Our cable internet was becoming very spotty. Things kept cutting out, freezing up, leaving the talking heads on CNN paralyzed mid-weird-mouth position for an uncomfortable number of seconds. “Gah! I missed the end of his sentence. Now I’ll never know what that unnamed source said to that other anonymous leaker about the alleged unconfirmed dossier.” […]
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Pop-Tarts Hit the Big Time
I love watching CNN early in the morning, while I’m packing my husband’s lunch and making coffee (and sometimes, I’ll admit, washing last night’s dinner dishes). I’m up pretty early, so sometimes I’m watching Anderson Cooper’s performance from the night before. Mostly I watch the skinny dark-haired girl who looks just like Cindy Decker, […]
Just Call It Mess-cara
Here’s why I don’t wear a lot of makeup, why I don’t deserve to be beautiful, and why I may stop all personal hygiene practices other than showering and brushing my teeth. I put on mascara the other day for the first time in about 25 years and it scratched my cornea and caused a […]
Confessions of a News Junkie
I was a news junkie for two days. On Tuesday and Wednesday, I did little else but watch MSNBC, CNN and call up news online and watch YouTube videos. I’ve known news junkies. I once knew a guy in Cleveland who told me when he was at the office or at home, he had a […]