Category Archives: Rants

Massacre Shmassacre

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Sister Wolf

I don’t know about anyone else, but I just can’t get into the Virginia Tech Massacre. I know it’s a big deal, but I’m just not feeling it. There’s something really banal about the killings and the media reactions, like … Continue reading →

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Unwords

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Sister Wolf

sprachgefühl is a German word that means: an intuitive sense of what is linguistically appropriate. Thanks to my sprachgefühl, the use of the word disconnect as a noun has become an agonizing insult to my ears. I have even coined … Continue reading →

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What’s With All The Gay-Bashing?

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Sister Wolf

Pretty soon, there won’t be enough beds in rehab for all the gay bashers shooting their mouths off. We’ve got that idiot Pace, we’ve got Garrison Keillor, we’ve got Ann Coulter, we’ve got Hillary and Obama refusing to disagree that … Continue reading →

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What an Asshole

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Sister Wolf

I’ve just read an essay by Chrisopher Hitchens called “Why Women Aren’t Funny.” Obviously, it was written to provoke rebuttal, but why does he even bother? An aging drunken bully, Chistopher Hitchens can always be counted upon to express an … Continue reading →

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Stupid Husbands

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Sister Wolf

The subject of old TV shows came up while we were driving home from somewhere. I made some remark about how sitcoms always portray husbands as morons. My husband pointed out that in “I Love Lucy,” the very first sitcom, … Continue reading →

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Perfume The Movie

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Sister Wolf

   If you ‘ve read the novel “Perfume” by Patrick Suskind, you probably agree with me (and Stanley Kubrick) that the book is unfilmable. Period. If you’re a bunch of idiots at Dreamworks, evidently you think otherwise. I was almost … Continue reading →

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It Isn’t What It Is

Posted on November 10, 2006 by Sister Wolf

   In answer to a reporter’s question about the election results, Tony Snow responded “It is what it is.” Jesus Christ, I hate that expression. It’s the fucking worst, is what it is. It has roughly the same informative value … Continue reading →

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The Girls Next Door

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Sister Wolf

Tonight, my older son came over for dinner and before he left, he decided to check out a reality show called “The Girls Next Door.” I warned him that I saw it once, and it was really depressing. He insisted … Continue reading →

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Unbridled Fatness

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Sister Wolf

Today, I had a cup of coffee in a mall, at a Starbucks just opposite a Red Robin Gourmet Burger restaurant. I have actually dined at that restaurant, after shopping myself into a near coma at Nordstrom. The thing I … Continue reading →

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Madonna, Bete Noir

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Sister Wolf

   Sometimes I think that Madonna was put here on earth to torment me personally. Just when I feel I couldn’t hate her more, she pulls me back in… Now, she has adopted a one year old boy from Malawi … Continue reading →

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