I knew it would happen. I knew Oscar would eventually start asking me questions I can’t begin to answer. A few from tonight: Oscar: Is God really small? Me: Some people think so. Other people think he’s really big. Oscar: Where God lives? Me: Um. Oscar: Why no one has seen God? Me: Um. Oscar:…Continue reading Oscar asks the big questions
Category: Personal
Desperately Seeking Pregnant Nordic Goddess
Oh, how I love the blogs. But this has to be one of my favorites. Someone from Seattle, liveblogging during his Manhattan interlude, waxes poetic about a moment on a train with a tall blonde Nordic goddess. And guess what the stunning mama-to-be is reading! I realize that, were I still looking for romance, the…Continue reading Desperately Seeking Pregnant Nordic Goddess
double speak
Talk about flip-flopping! O’Reilly says teen pregnancy is the parents’ fault (unless it’s Sarah Palin’s daughter); Dick Morris thinks it’s okay to level blatant sexist attacks against Hillary, not okay to question Palin about anything, ever; Karl Rove attacks previous Obama VP contendor for having only three years gubernatorial experience and for being mayor of…Continue reading double speak
Sarah Palin Says Jesus Wants War
Via Huffington Post, Sarah Palin is convinced it’s “God’s will” to develop the Alaska oil pipeline. Scroll down to watch her bizarre address to the Church of God congregation in her hometown, in which she urges the good people of Alaska to pray for the $30 billion pipeline. Palin is so radically to the right…Continue reading Sarah Palin Says Jesus Wants War
Falling for Steve Forbert…again
Kevin and I went to see Steve Forbert last night at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley to celebrate Kevin’s birthday. The first time Kevin gave me a Steve Forbert song on a mixed tape–Fayetteville, Arkanasas, circa 1994, “Romeo’s Tune”–I was in my early twenties, fresh out of Alabama by way of Knoxville, and I couldn’t…Continue reading Falling for Steve Forbert…again