On Negroni Season
One reason for our fascination with reading something like this is the 'train wreck' phenomenon. We don't want anyone to be hurt really, but we just can't help but stare at the bloody gory mess of it all. Almost every one of us has at least one 'train wreck' relationship in our lives that we are not particularly proud of. Mine was a 17 year abusive marriage, in which I was the one being abused (Yes, it really is true that some wives physically abuse their husbands!) Anyway, reading about someone else's bad relationship makes us feel that we are not alone in our pain and stupidity. And for all that crud about confession being good for the soul, given how long it has been since a new chapter in this tale has been posted, I guess reliving it proved too painful an experience for the authoress.
By the way, Negroni's sound simply dreadful, I think I shall stick to my favorite mixed drink, a Singapore Sling.
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On "I Met A Ghost!" Five Chilling Real-Life Tales!
I love ghost stories because I've had personal experiences with ghosts most of my life. When my mom married my stepdad we moved to his house. I saw a ghost that would move from the upstairs to the end of the hallway at the living room countless times over the years. Then there were the missing items. You could put something down and leave the room, only to find it missing when you returned even though no one else had entered the room. Oddly enough my stepdad and I found the ghost's hiding place when we removed the water heater and found a pile of things that had gone missing over the years hidden behind it. I should mention that there was no room between the water heater, the ceiling or the walls to put anything behind it. It completely filled it's alcove off the pantry except for the open space behind it. I don't know if this ghost moved with me over the years, but I've had some spirit follow me from home to home over the years. It has a fondness for unlocking and opening doors and making noises to get my attention. I guess it just wants to be reassured that I know it is there. My second wife thought I was joking about it until the night it threw a VHS tape storage box against the wall, in an empty room, so hard the case busted to pieces. I'm actually rather fond of my ghost. I'm 56 now and take comfort in knowing that yes, there is something left when we pass away as I hope to be able to watch over my grandchildren after I die.
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On The 'Rolling Stone' Michele Bachmann Profile Aftermath (and Where Matt Taibbi is Right)
Why all the pure unadulterated ultra rabid HATRED of Mrs. Bachmann? Is a successful female politician who does not toe the Democratic Party line really that threatening to the liberal left world view? Seriously, anyone with any fairness in their soul at all who sees on TV, hears on radio or reads online or in print hate filled attacks on Michelle Bachmann cannot help but wonder why she is so hated and feared by the left. Could it possibly be that unlike the left she does not believe that constitutional rights and liberties apply only to left wing elitists? Or is it that, unlike every other far left politician, she has actually worked hard to make a positive contribution to this world by providing a loving home to twenty something foster children, as well as her own birth children? Perhaps it's because she is a religious person? After all, every true lefty knows the Christian and Jewish faiths (all other faiths getting a pass of course) are evil and made up entirely of fanatics. It just helps make it clear that the oh so tolerant (tolerant of THEIR beliefs that is) and freedom loving (loving freedom only when it applies to THEIR freedom, of speech or anything else of course)left just hates it when someone dares to think or act for themselves while proudly flaunting the fact that they actually have real values and morals. Honestly, the hate on the left is driven, I think, by fear. Fear that the American voting public might see the left for what it truly is if someone as decent as Bachmann runs for President.