by Rhiannon Paine | Feb 12, 2012 | Artists & the Arts, General, Just for Fun, Signs of the Times
Reality TV shows: some people love to watch them; others would rather have their eyes poked out with chopsticks and served on rice to Rupert Murdoch. Do I fall into the second category? No, I leap into it and pull it around me, looking out for impending chopsticks....
by Rhiannon Paine | Feb 3, 2012 | Animal Crackers, General, Just for Fun
“Caught in a maelstrom of public reaction to its decision to cease funding Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation announced Friday that it would reverse course.” — Washington Post You’re on your own now, pet In a surprising...
by Rhiannon Paine | Jan 25, 2012 | General, Speaking Out
“Newt threatens to skip debates if crowds can’t cheer” — headline “Gosh!” you’re probably thinking. “A new low in the history of American public figures! No one could possibly have been more childish and unprincipled than Newt Gingrich.” And I would agree with...
by Rhiannon Paine | Dec 29, 2011 | Artists & the Arts, General, Just for Fun, Speaking Out
Once upon a time there lived a woodcutter who could no longer afford to feed his children. “Off you go,” he said, shoving them out the door. “Fine. Whatever,” said Hansel. “We were going to run away anyway if we didn’t get a Wii for Christmas.” He and his sister set...
by Rhiannon Paine | Dec 22, 2011 | General, Once Upon a Time
I wasn’t dreaming of a white Christmas in December 1987. In California we like to confine our snow to the ski slopes where it can make itself useful. What I wanted to do was host my family — parents, sister, and Aunt Catherine — in the Victorian...
