This, That and the Other

Yesterday that trailblazer comedienne Phyllis Diller passed away at the ripe old age of 95.  As coincidence would have it I was watching Joan Rivers yesterday and the wonder is that she is alive considering the plastic that is being used to blow up her face!  My goodness but she looks awful.  I’ve always found Ms. Rivers too crude for my taste but she did crack me up yesterday when she discussed obituaries, one of the many things she hates.  She goes “yadda, yadda, yadda, Erma Bernstein, 108, suddenly passed away . . . ‘suddenly’” she asks.  It is so true, how many times have you read an obit where they use the word “suddenly” beside some really old age?  I’m sure we’ve all read it.

       What is transgender anyway?  I was reading an article while riding the train this morning and did a double take.  There was a story of a transgender man who “identifies as a man” but apparently has the equipment to breastfeed, and there was a picture of “him” breastfeeding.  I really don’t get this story because I have yet to see a man breastfeeding.  The story was more about whether this person could become a leader of a breastfeeding group (on parenting I think) given his gender.  Honestly, sometimes the squabbles that we get in to are not worth it.  Seriously who cares who is teaching about breastfeeding.  I am more interested in the rights of gays to marry and get the partnership benefits that a straight couple can obtain.  I’m sure I will get pounced on for this one but seriously?

       Right beside this article was one about the nimrod that talked about “legitimate rape”, an article I decided to pass over as my thought is “who really listens to a Republican anyway?”  Yes, I know, it’s scary to think what the Americans may vote in at the next election but as we don’t control that . . . why waste my virtual breathe?

       Flipping the page I see that Prime Minister Harper is giving a rah, rah speech Up North “. . . and you ain’t seen nothing yet.”  Wow, don’t you like it when our leaders talk down to us, just in case we missed anything?  That’s like the hokey plaid shirts the Reform party wore while campaigning back in ’93.  So convincing to see a millionaire Baptist in a plaid shirt and tightening his belt.

       Something interesting a few pages over . . . pictures of the proverbial ‘no two snowflakes are alike’ were very cool.  One looked like a starfish and the other looked like a concrete building block.  Awesome.

       Now that’s this and that for today.  How was your day?