This week’s Stupid Tuesday Question was contributed by scholar, chum and fellow LOOG blogger Jaybird. Take it away, Jaybird! My stupid question is on the nature of lying in bed with a (life?) partner. When you lie in bed, on… Continue Reading
Time has a question: Is 10 Minutes Enough for a Well-Child Visit With the Pediatrician? If only they had called me. I could have told them “no.” Because I probably spend too much time whinging about the pressures and frustrations… Continue Reading
Flipping through the channels last night, the Better Half and I came upon the Comedy Central roast of Charlie Sheen. My feelings were that roasting Charlie Sheen is like hunting a caged turkey, but the fascination of watching a slow… Continue Reading
Today’s word is “unfortunate,” and is brought to you by the GOP candidates following last night’s debate. Via TPM: Here’s something many of the candidates running for the Republican nomination for president can agree on: Booing an active duty soldier… Continue Reading
Way back in the murky mists of the Internet (which is to say June), Jaybird flung himself on the mercy of his readers and solicited feedback about how Mindless Diversions was shaping up. It seemed like a good idea, and… Continue Reading
Apparently this is happening. Ted Haggard is filming an episode of ABC’s Celebrity Wife Swap this week — with Gary Busey. The other day I made a comment referencing the Dada movement. Today I have a vision of Marcel Duchamp… Continue Reading
Many of my co-bloggers here at LOOG have commented about the execution of Troy Davis, both on the sub-blogs and on the main page. Despite there being no shortage of opinion already thus expressed hereabouts, it feels inappropriate somehow to… Continue Reading
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is history as of today. Opponents of the change to a more just military aren’t taking the loss well. From the New York Times: The other side will be heard, too: Elaine Donnelly, a longtime opponent… Continue Reading
In lieu of a Stupid Tuesday Question this week, I’ll write instead about a subject I will readily admit is, if not frankly stupid, then at least deeply frivolous. I’m talking, of course, about this past Sunday’s Emmy Awards. For… Continue Reading
[This post is one of an occasional number contributed by my good friend, who is the mother of a child with special needs.] by Rose Woodhouse In the 1840s, first in France and then the United States, a doctor named Edouard… Continue Reading