I like that the Queen's inner Sophia Petrillo is coming-out. The woman has earned the right to be a snarky octogenarian. I love that she points out that it is rather a macabre scene all illuminated and appendage-less and headless in that grand room. Not exactly brilliant staging, although I suppose for the…

I had this exact same thought after I saw the footage yesterday! I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.

I was just commenting to another friend that "Back to Black" was the soundtrack for a really difficult, dark time in my life and how much I owe to her sharing her music and through her music giving me permission to feel and making it okay to feel so raw. I was lucky enough to find my peace in this life and I can only…

Hearted.

AGREED.

It's kind of like doing a show on Irish-Americans in South Boston. Like that's the only Irish ethnic enclave in the United States. It's cheaper if you just take the most popular place with the most Muslims in one concentrated area and then treat them like a petting zoo and film them. "Look here, look at the Moozlims…

Sometimes I think she's really quite striking and then other times I think to myself, "Sweet Baby Jesus, no."

My friend knows some of the people in this and her head almost exploded when she saw this. I wish I could repeat her exact words, but that wouldn't be very nice. She did mention, and it's worth repeating here, is that TLC is likely to follow families who are ethnically safe (Lebanese) and politically relevant (Iraqi),…

Betty White is a National Treasure.

No, I'm not Muslim, but I'm an Islamicist by academic training. :) I teach courses on Islam and Islam in America as a graduate teaching fellow. I like your intellectual curiosity, it's very refreshing!

Thanks, I didn't see your response before mine, but I'm glad that you reiterated your point, even if it was delivered to a troll. And yes, Malaysia's punishment for apostasy is benign compared to some of the other Shari'a courts. And of course, much of it depends on "tradition" and which madhab they're following,…

In Shari'a Law, yes, she was BORN a Muslim, regardless of how you think about religion, according to Shari'a Law, she is a Muslim. If you want to split hairs, everyone is born Muslim, but I'm not going to get into the minutiae of that because we'll be here all day. She's lucky to just be going to jail, because the…

THANK YOU. <3 My neurologist says that sometimes my sinus headaches can become migraines. And I know the difference between:

I'm scared that this is all smoke and mirrors. I don't know the details of the Healthcare Reform Act, but does this mean that insurers will raise premiums to cover the cost of birth control or is the government giving them money to cover birth control via taxpayer money (hence the taking to the streets with pitchforks…

"One of these days I'm going to go postal on someone who croons, "Oh, I have headaches too" and isn't referring to the med-cocktail-taking, dark-room-no-noise, down-for-hours, no-work-no-play-no-sex-no-nothing possible-vomit-fest that is a migraine."

I love the Cleopatra-meets-Eva Perón scene with the arms and the hands, that's so ridiculous on so many levels. I guess we should be grateful that it's not an ad where pearls are magically falling out of our vaginas and we're being equated with powerful vaginas and not an oyster blister. But maybe not.

Hahahaha thanks! It's been a while since I've had my DVD player connected and/or been able to stay-up to watch the reruns. :) I appreciate that!!!

"Lesbian... lesbian... Wasn't Danny Thomas one?"

Thank you! I was just going to ask this question, too! I remember reading her LiveJournal. Wow. I thought this had been resolved a while ago...

I'm in the minority here in that I agree with Cher. Yes, it was tedious to keep writing out letters and the alphabet over and over again, but it was worth learning and cursive is an art form. Maybe they could move it to art? It's sad that calligraphy, cursive, and the handwriting arts are no longer considered a…