My impassioned review of Quentin Tarantino’s magnificent “Inglourious Basterds”.
My impassioned review of Quentin Tarantino’s magnificent “Inglourious Basterds”.
Dear Kiri,
Even though I’m not a Breeder your blog about contemplating life while pregnant spoke to me on a lot of levels.
I thought about my friend Wendy who was murdered, and how horrible it was for her mother to lose her daughter so suddenly and brutally.
I thought about my mother, who could have just as [...]
My reflections on Miep Gies’ death as well as Wendy Soltero’s would-be 32st birthday.
Many of the things that I did in the Naughts Decade. I probably left out a bunch, but anyway.
As a sidenote to the actual point of your blog, what I find disturbing about this story is the fact that after he shot all those people, the first thing the media started doing was talking about his “ideological” and “religious” motivations, presumably because he is Muslim. The next day a white man opened fire [...]
When I first moved to Europe going on seven years ago I was bummed that I felt they didn’t really celebrate Halloween, American style. Dressing up, spider webs, pumpkin carving, creepy music, Trick-or-Treating…Halloween was always my most favourite holiday. I love costumes and basically will use any excuse whatsoever to dress up. Movie premieres, themed [...]
America, I trusted you with my life and you stole my innocence.
America, no dollars nor credit card cents, October 28, 2000.
I can’t stand my own memories.
America, when will you end your genocides?
Go fuck yourself with your right to bear arms.
My uterus has been poisoned since your doctors put their hands in me.
It’s hard to write [...]
Here in Europe we have this amazing cream called Bepanthen that is phenomenal for healing wounds without any resulting scarring. Doesn’t matter how you got the wound, scrape, burn, but if you use Bepanthen on it you absolutely will not scar. I got to thinking that maybe forgiveness is like that cream. If you don’t [...]
Dear Mr. Swayze,
Your death comes in the wake of many other wonderful people, and yet I feel more saddened by yours than any of them. I’m almost surprised by all of the emotions your passing has evoked in me. I’m not sure if it’s because my grandmother also passed away from pancreatic cancer. I think [...]
Eight years ago two planes flew into New York’s World Trade Centers killing thousands. I remember my then-boyfriend waking me up to tell me what had happened. It was 8am in California and so I laughed at the news, thinking that someone had pulled a Fight Club and destroyed two empty buildings. When he reminded [...]
Dear Kari,
You have hit the nail on the head. The Kennedy family, in spite of their human foibles, always stood for inspiration and action, two things that the world sometimes seems to be lacking from other visible political figures. Even though I wasn’t alive with either JFK or RFK were alive, I’ve always felt a [...]
Dear Senator Kennedy,
My heart goes out to your family and everyone touched by your passing. The world will not be the same without you.
I was not alive when your brothers were assassinated, but in spite of that I have always felt a vacuum where their lives were. It was a vacuum you did your utmost [...]
I am pretty sure I’ve discovered a new fairy who has been in my life for some time now. I’m calling her The Trauma Fairy, and my belief is she goes into our minds while we sleep and erases things that are just too awful to remember. One of the more dramatic times she visited [...]
This episode, “Forever”, was even worse than the last one, in terms of the tears spoutage. And look at the dates: It aired almost 2 whole months later. I wasn’t watching it back then, but for the Buffy fans that must’ve sucked. To be left with such a tragic ending and then wait so long [...]
Family Blames Teen For 8-Year-Old's Uzi Death At Gun Show
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bizilj,
I hope somebody sues *you* for negligence and that Child Protective Services takes any other children you may have away from you. It also would help if you and everyone in your extended family would get sterilised, that way we don’t have to worry about any more of your children attending/dying [...]
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