You see that picture? It’s called a pissoir. Because the word is French, it sounds fancy, but it’s not. It’s basically just a private space with a drain, where people can go to pee. (Of course, it’s easier for men to take advantage of, because patriarchy. We’ll talk about that…

Sharon Osbourne is back in the news this week. She had a meltdown on The Talk over her fear of being called racist for defending Piers Morgan’s comments about Meghan Markle, and she ended up leaving the show because of it. She recently went on Bill Maher’s show to defend…

If you pay attention to the news at all, you have probably heard about the battle for unionization that Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama have been waging. Yesterday, it became clear that the workers had lost that battle. I posted about it on my Facebook today. A friend very…

One of my favorite songs in Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods is the finale, Children will Listen. The opening lyric says, “Careful the things you say, children will listen. Careful the things you do, children will see and learn.” That song could have easily been about me as a child…

When I was in high school, I was on the academic bowl team. For those of you who don’t know, academic bowl is basically the team sport of nerds. It’s like being on Jeopardy, except with the team. And no money. At one meet, they asked this question: On what…

I don’t really know how to say this, so I’m just gonna: America, you in danger girl. I hate to just blurt it out like that, but you need to know. Not only is your very life in jeopardy, but *gasp* the call’s coming from inside the house. Now, this…

For the last week or so, I have been seeing memes about Twisted Tea. At first, I thought it was a Four Loko kinda thing, referencing the amount of alcohol in it or something. After all, that seems like something the children would be into these days. Then I saw…

Show of hands, who’s getting rip roaring drunk tonight? I know I can’t be the only one. Seriously, after all 2020 has put us through, the end of this god forsaken year is most definitely worth celebrating. I mean, we started the year with Australia on fire and World War…

I’m confused. Is it Saturday? Is it Sunday? I don’t know anymore. It was Christmas yesterday…or was that the day before? I mean, does it even matter? I’m pretty sure it doesn’t. It’s been forty-four days of “lockdown light”, during which time I only went to work and came home…