Category Archives: Horrible Stuff

A Voice Through a Cloud

After violently coughing for a week, I broke a rib, specifically rib #5, which an x-ray revealed to be “minimally displaced.” This means, not broken in pieces but not a neat crack either. It is extremely painful, because it hurts … Continue reading

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I am Ukraine, WordPress is Russia

If you can read this, you’re a better man than me, because when I google this site I get a blank page, a warning, or some Japanese text. I had malware removed but still. I have spent countless hours on … Continue reading

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Crazy Twins

I’ve always had a Thing for crazy twins, so the recent deaths of Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff turned out to be a goldmine (for me if not for them.) The twin brothers, who are famous pop culture figures in France, … Continue reading

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Pro-Choice and No Choice

News of the crazy new restrictions to abortion rights in Texas has triggered memories of the abortion I had at seventeen. I’d been living in London for a little over a year and I was deep into a relationship with … Continue reading

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It’s a Wild World.

A zoo in Antwerp has asked a woman to stop visiting the chimpanzee she claims to be in love with, in the hope of forcing the chimp to engage with his own species. Alice Timmermans has been seeing, I mean … Continue reading

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Life Isn’t Fair.

If you’ve ever been a child or a parent, you’re well acquainted with the aggrieved outcry, “But that’s not fair!” I was already a seasoned mother the first time I heard another mother smugly reply to her kid, “Well, life … Continue reading

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Outer Limits of Love and Hate

Watching Trump on TV the other day, I considered the depth and breadth of my hatred for him. I hate him with more specificity than I’ve ever hated anyone, except maybe my ex-husband. After 17 years with him, I hated … Continue reading

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Pig Fucking

A few years ago, I watched the first episode of the British TV series Black Mirror, expecting a clever Sci Fi drama, since it was being compared to the Twilight Zone. In the episode, a member of the British royal … Continue reading

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Four More Years??

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that if Trump is reelected, we will lose our fucking minds. Four more years of this anxiety, fear, disgust, and helpless rage would not be endurable. The daily insults to our intelligence and to … Continue reading

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Coronaland

Sure, this is a challenging time but even though we are alone we are together like never before. I only wish I had children at home so we could spend time doing homework, puzzles and crafts! Since it’s just me … Continue reading

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