Author Archives: PinkDreamPoppies

Alas, a Blog is a finalist in two categories in this year’s Koufax Awards over at Wampum. My post, “A Comment on Rape and ‘She Asked For It’” is a finalist for Best Post; Ampersand’s work on the look here … Continue reading →

Former Daily Kos co-blogger now solo-blogger Steve Gilliard is in the hospital with a bad heart valve. Surgery on said valve is supposed to take place some time next week. While I don’t always agree with Steve I think he’s … Continue reading →

Allow me to indulge in a bit of post-modernism here for a second. Looking at the “Recently updated comments” section on the right side of the page I see that as of this moment two of the top five posts … Continue reading →

As the Democratic primaries are sweeping the nation (that makes it sound like a plague, a trend, or an uprising of housewives) I’ve decided to finally break my non-public vow of primary celibacy. This won’t be a long post, but … Continue reading →

When I was younger I was addicted to the History Channel. My dad and I used to stay up (insomniacs us) into the wee hours of the morning talking about history and watching the History Channel. This was around about … Continue reading →

Dear reader, I have failed you… I was determined this year to watch the state of the union address and write a post about it. After a minute, though, I left the room where my dad was watching it. I’ve … Continue reading →

In the near future I’ll either be blogging and commenting a lot more, or a lot less. I lost my job today and so will be busy looking for a new one. If things look good and I get some … Continue reading →

So Maureen Dowd has written a column about Ret. Gen. and Democratic canidate Wesley Clark’s clothing, or, more exactly, his changes of clothing over time in (it’s assumed) a bid to appeal to a different voting group. While I generally … Continue reading →

My next post on abstinence-only sex ed. is in the works; I hope to post it by Monday, but we’ll have to see. Part of what’s making me delay that post is that I’m in the middle of writing a … Continue reading →