Recently I came across a graphic online that had two images side by side. One was a picture of birth control pills, and the other was the constitution. Underneath it were the words “Which is More Important? Free Birth Control or Freedom?” It occurs to me that many people in this country are confused as […]
Category Archives: Rant
Driverless Cars
As I was flipping through the DVR this morning looking for episodes of “The Doodlebops,” the news was playing in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and it was telling me about driverless cars. According to the news, they are working on vehicles that need minimal human input in a variety of situations. […]
The Two Worst Kinds of People
If there is one thing that I hate, it’s the kind of person who expects me to be able to do something, just because they are able to do it. Time and time again I run into situations in which someone is rolling their eyes at me, or giving me dirty looks, just because I […]
Pepsi is Not Coke
Let me tell you a story. You go to a restaurant and order a steak, and the waitress brings you a pork chop. When you complain, she says that they only have pork chops, but they are basically the same as steak. Would you be fine with that? Okay, that would probably never happen, but […]
Tenor Dad Occupies Wall Street
So I’m here in New York for my recital, and I basically had a free day, so I thought, what better way to spend it than to occupy Wall Street? And that’s what I did. Now, I must admit, I had heard that Batman might be there, so that was an added incentive to check […]
I Have An Opinion, and That Makes it True
I have a confession to make. Sometimes I read comments on the internet. I know it’s not healthy, and I always come away feeling worse than I did when I started, but somehow I can’t seem to stop myself. When I am finished reading an article, there are the comments right below it. It only […]
What We Teach Our Children
I started off life, like most 5-year-olds, as a socialist. Over time I morphed into a liberal, and then arrived at my most recent state of fairly moderate. As there is no moderate party, I tend to default back to my liberal views when having to make a choice, but I have definitely become more […]
The Customer is Always Right About to Get Punched
As you may or may not know, I now make pizzas for half a living on the nights and weekends, in order to support my opera career. When I took this job, my good friend Dr. A-Z predicted that my future blog posts that did not involve opera or parenting would now be about food […]
Courteous A-Holes
It’s time for an intervention. Your behavior has to stop. I am talking to you, “drivers who think you are being courteous.” You are not being courteous, you are being giant a-holes, and you probably don’t even know it. Well, I’m here to help. Let me put forth a scenario. Last week I was driving […]
FML 666
Having lived in Vermont for 9 months now (though gone for 4 of them) I decided that it was time to get my VT driver’s license and register my car. And also the car registration was expiring on July 1st. I went online and gathered all of the information I would need because I have […]