On my recent trip to Dublin with my unforgettable sister, KP, I was thinking about how I had never been so comfortable with my American accent abroad. I hadn’t been overseas since 1999. Maybe it’s getting older that makes you just not care. I didn’t apologize for how I talk or feel bound to explain [...]

Pt. 1: Why We Are Cousins

EXPECTATIONS MANAGEMENT NOTE: This is not a parody like others you’ve seen on UsedWigs. It’s not supposed to be funny. This is real.

Fact: My grandmother’s maiden name was Heath. Fact: Sarah Palin’s maiden name is Heath. Republican-style fact synthesis: That makes us cousins!

Jealous?

From having a shared last name to being [...]

Penicillin, duct tape, Snow White, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, nylon, TV dinners are just some of the things younger than Mr. Temper Tantrum himself, John McCain. Yes, I’m an anti-Republican ageist. I’m also an anti-Democrat who dislikes young people, so there. Relax and enjoy. {via 9 to Fried}

Website: Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate [...]

Our D.C. Insider Scott attended the White House Correspondents Association Dinner last night and snapped some fun photos of celebrities you know and some you don’t. It’s great to see a pic of the lovely Padma without Tom Colicchio’s fat head next to her for once.

"Noticed how people that are "sort of famous" are so [...]

In the third act of the classic motion picture drama “Mommie Dearest,” an aging Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) is shown at a meeting with the all-male board of directors of Pepsi-Cola, where her last husband had been president until his recent death. After expressing their condolences, the board tells Crawford she will have to repay [...]

[NOTE: This quessay is cross-posted on HuffingtonPost.com]

*Big ups to Crispin Glover, who really should’ve run for president this year, and who once wrote an “essay” called “What Is It?” composed only of questions, with a subtly discernible anti-Steven Spielberg thrust to it. Subtly discernible, the way the media’s anti-Hillary Clinton bias is subtle. I’m paying [...]