Author: Natasha Chart

Facebook Open Thread

Oh, Facebook: … I was also sucked into Facebook last week by my cousins and siblings. I initially felt too old but then a bunch of people in my class in grade school and high school contacted me immediately so I already...

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Elitist Food

So, if you didn’t know, I sold my car before moving to DC. The last time I drove was to the U-Haul place to drop off the truck. Parking is a nightmare here and it’s expensive, too. I figured, hey, my new place is...

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Apocalypse Now Open Thread

What’s with all the frivolity? Criminy 😉 But do you remember those childhood grossout jokes where you were presented with a choice between an option that was truly disgusting, and another that was merely deadly, and asked...

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And lo, a great sucking sound …

As a friend of mine used to say, more or less, “And lo, the seventh seal was opened, and there was a great sucking sound.” Is there anything more dignified to be said about our horrible Farm and Energy Bills?...

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Who Is All Of This For, Anyway?

Dave Johnson over at Seeing The Forest (blogging for five years now, if you can believe it,) keeps this question at the top of his site: “Who is our economy FOR, anyway?” I think it’s well understood by...

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