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In my free time I enjoy pretending to be a photographer, watching reruns of Bewitched, and finding pictures of my favorite politicians. I'm a history major who adores politics. My favorite color is pink, and it took me years to embrace that. I like telling my business to the internet. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up and time is running out.

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27 November 09
Tiger’s wife, Elin, heard the crash outside their mansion and had the wherewithal to wisely grab a golf club before she ran out the door just in case she happened upon an emergency situation. (In Sweden, golf clubs are the Jaws of Life.) Luckily she did — because who knows what would have happened to Tiger had she not acted so quickly. Remember — he ran over a fire hydrant. Although plenty of wacky slapstick family movies use this as a cheap visual gag when they run out of other ways to emphasize a character’s bad luck, this is a dire situation in real life. He could have sat there all night, with serious-not-serious facial lacerations and possibly drowned. That’s why she smashed the back window of the SUV — the gallons of water violently gushing into the vehicle could have killed him instantly had she gone through the front windshield or tried to, you know, get Tiger to unlock the driver’s side door. She needed to climb through the back, grab her 200lb. husband by the collar and drag him to safety. Time was of the essence.

And it’s just entirely coincidental that the Woods house is so fraught with melodrama on Thanksgiving night the day after reports of an affair surface.

Reblogged: soupsoup

Posted: 4:57 PM
Michelle, Sasha and Malia are presented the 2009 White House Christmas Tree upon its arrival by horse-drawn cart, November 27, 2009. (via)

Michelle, Sasha and Malia are presented the 2009 White House Christmas Tree upon its arrival by horse-drawn cart, November 27, 2009. (via)

Posted: 4:48 PM
Tiger Woods is fine. He’s been released from hospital. CNN reports that the mayor of Windermere, Florida has confirmed he was treated for facial lacerations. Let’s break down the timeline, shall we? So the National Enquirer breaks the story that Tiger is allegedly cheating on his wife with some budget ass skank. Then in the middle of the night, at 2:30am, he crashes his car off his driveway into a fire hydrant going less than 33mph, the cops refuse to say whether or not there was someone else in the car, Tiger has to be hospitalised, and emerges from the crash with a cut face? Coincidence or conspiracy? Oh please. He just proved the Enquirer’s story. And his wife gave him the sh-ts. Can’t WAIT to see how People Magazine will be asslicking on this story.
Posted: 3:40 PM
Posted: 3:25 PM
michaelmcgee:bringmethathorizon:fuckyeahtvpicspam:






Helen: You know, my husband and I just rented “Mamma Mia”, which I liked, but… I don’t know that Meryl Streep was the right choice. What did you think? Cameron: Excuse me… Meryl Streep could play Batman and be the right choice. She’s perfection. Whether she’s divorcing Kramer, whether she’s wearing Prada. Don’t even get me started on “Sophie’s Choice.” I get emotional thinking about it. She couldn’t forgive herself. *whimpers* Cameron: I guess she was okay. Helen: Really? Ugh. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Modern Family 1.02 - “The Bicycle Thief”
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michaelmcgee:bringmethathorizon:fuckyeahtvpicspam:

Helen: You know, my husband and I just rented “Mamma Mia”, which I liked, but… I don’t know that Meryl Streep was the right choice. What did you think?
Cameron: Excuse me… Meryl Streep could play Batman and be the right choice. She’s perfection. Whether she’s divorcing Kramer, whether she’s wearing Prada. Don’t even get me started on “Sophie’s Choice.” I get emotional thinking about it. She couldn’t forgive herself. *whimpers*
Cameron: I guess she was okay.
Helen: Really? Ugh. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Modern Family 1.02 - “The Bicycle Thief”

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Reblogged: michaelmcgee

Posted: 11:35 AM
For the president’s sake, let’s hope that this Thanksgiving, supporters can stop the whinging long enough to be thankful for the progress they’ve made. By any objective measure, Obama has had a successful first year. He inherited an economy on the brink of depression; 10 months later, the economy is recovering, even if the job market is lagging. His economic plan has helped avert a series of disasters—from the automobile, housing, and financial industries going out of business to state and local government going into default. He has signed new laws on national service, equal pay, hate crimes, and many other overdue concerns; made real strides on energy; and launched a quiet revolution in education. Not least, Obama’s top legislative priority, health reform, is now almost close enough to smell the Rose Garden. After six presidents have tried, health reform may be just six weeks away from finally happening.

Reblogged: mikehudack

26 November 09
Mmm…turkey.

Mmm…turkey.

Posted: 3:19 PM
Posted: 12:43 PM
At the end of November each year this restless, contradictory and simple country finds a way to celebrate itself. The British, as befits a people at ease with themselves, do not have a national day. When the French do, their insecurity shows. Even America, on the fourth of July, displays a slightly neurotic excess of patriotism. But on Thanksgiving, the Americans resolve the nationalist dilemma. They don’t celebrate themselves, they celebrate their good fortune. And every November, as I reflect on a country that can make even an opinionated Englishman feel at home, I know exactly how they feel.
Posted: 12:20 PM
whitehousephotostream:

President Barack Obama talks with American service men and women during phone calls from the Oval Office on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

whitehousephotostream:

President Barack Obama talks with American service men and women during phone calls from the Oval Office on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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