Can anyone tell me why all federal offices need to be closed down for a national day of mourning because Gerald Ford croaked last week? I mean, the guy wasn't even elected. I sincerely doubt my mailman, Cracky, will be wasting any tears over some dead ex-prez. In fact, I'm betting Cracky will just prolong his new year's festivities and turn up for work on Wednesday even less equipped to do his job than usual. Which is saying something. Of course this all happens as I'm awaiting a check.
Speaking of crackheads, I'm also puzzled by the news that Kate Moss has gone and married Pete Doherty. At least they tied the soon-to-be-untied knot on the aptly named isle of Phuket. Now god knows I've dated some dubious characters back in the day, but at least I had sense enough not to marry any of them. (Okay, most of them dumped me, but whatever. I probably wouldn't have married any of them anyway. I'm about 99% sure of this fact.) However, I do confess to finding Pete rather cute.
This editorial about New Orleans is fairly depressing.
My boyfriend and I tried out these snore strips last night and they worked really well. But tonite, as I sit here on the sofa unable to sleep because of the cacophany coming out of his face, I can see that they're no match for his big ole Greek honker. Back to the earplugs for me.
Remember that annoying Christopher Hitchens essay about how women aren't funny? The Washington Post's Gene Weingarten wrote a highly amusing rebuttal.
You should read this very entertaining story about what it's like to date a married guy with issues. I wanted to punch the cheater. You will too.
Though I like the holidays, this year they were kind of stressful, mostly due to the giant, looming deadline hanging over me. I now have 28 days to finish my book. Gulp.
Half the Volvos in front of our local gay bars have child-seats in them. The "we're separated" line works, that's why people still use it and other still fall for it.
I'm assuming the writer is a male. Isn't he?
Posted by: osisbs | January 03, 2007 at 11:11 AM
Yup, I've nearly fallen for the married but separated (or very soon to be) line.... not good. Bad for all parties involved.
That's why I only have two golden rules: 1) No dating married people. 2) No dating co-workers.
Everything else goes....well pretty much.
Posted by: jeta | January 03, 2007 at 12:07 PM
I think the co-worker rule is the best, because co-workers cannot be deleted from you speed-dial and forgotten about. I dated one when I was a teacher in Germany and ended up quitting a very nice job over it. What an idiot I was (am?)!
Posted by: osisbs | January 04, 2007 at 01:49 PM
I've successfully dated many a coworker. Married/otherwise engaged people have proved far more problematic in my life.
Posted by: Judy McSluttypants | January 04, 2007 at 07:13 PM