Feline Warrior

`Golden Girls’ star Bea Arthur dies at 86

Oh, dang… I always liked Bea Arthur.

Here’s to you, Bea…

Technorati Tags: phil spector,music,crime,wall of sound

Phil Spector found guilty of 2nd-degree murder - omg! news on Yahoo!

Holy crap! Phil Spector could get 18 years in the pokey!

Back when he was the MAN…

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Jameson Gives Birth to Twin Boys! - omg! news on Yahoo!

Okay, yeah, yeah, whatEVer, Jenna Jamison had a baby. Two babies. What really caught my eye about this story is the following:

“Being able to give birth to two healthy babies is joyful for Jameson, a self-proclaimed devout Catholic.”

and

“ “It was all in God’s plan,” she told Us two years ago.”

and

“Will the [sic] she and Ortiz, 34, get married now that they have children?
“Jameson — who split from adult film studio owner Jay Grdina in 2006 and from porn star Brad Armstrong in 2001 — said they have no plans to walk down the aisle.
“I think I’m gonna stay unmarried and just go for the babies!” she told Us. “I’m following in Angelina’s footsteps!”

Okay, so here it is:

Devout Catholic. Porn star.

Porn star. Devout Catholic.

“One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

“Did you guess which thing was not like the others?
Did you guess which thing just doesn’t belong?
If you guessed this one is not like the others,
Then you’re absolutely…right!”

Technorati Tags: porn,jameson,catholic

The word is SANDWICH, people, SANDWICH.

Please please PLEASE.

Urban Dictionary: Samwich [sandwich] [food]

It seems that my post about the racial slur “cartoon” in the NY Post a few weeks back has been misunderstood.

Those who know me well know that I have long been involved in fighting for the rights of others, and that such ugliness as “Obamonkey” would not be MY own words, or reflect any thoughts I would have.

(Hey, I’m the person who burst into tears when she got home on election night, turned on the TV, and thought that McPalin was going to win!)

Anyway, I’m writing this post from work in response to a note from a new friend who doesn’t yet know me well enough to know that I’d not say something racist and hateful like that. (Never intentionally, anyway - I’m always willing to be wrong, and hope to always have the humility to be able to “stand corrected.”)

As I recall, I originally was going to post something about Obama’s address, and in so doing, came across a bunch of hateful posts (somewhere on Yahoo!, forget where, but it’s in a post below this one) where I saw the use of that word (”Obamonkey”). I’d not heard or seen it previously, but it provided the dots necessary to comprehend that afore-mentioned ‘cartoon.” (Also below, I believe.)

When that cartoon first hit the news, I couldn’t comprehend it. Well, yes, it seemed obvious that the monkey represented President Obama, but I didn’t get WHY. Yes, of course, there have been the crude references of African Americans and apes - simply unconscionable.  But it seemed like such a stretch to me, even for the NY Post. (Foolish me, I know.)

So then I came across that word and the lightbulbs went off like a freakin’ Broadway sign. The monkey-”Obamonkey” connection had been made.

I dislike it just as much now as I did then, and I don’t much like typing that word - so I won’t again, at least not in this post. If it becomes necessary again in the future, so be it.

Now, then, I urge you to march your asses over to the Southern Poverty Law Center and make a donation. Tell Morris Dees I sent you.

Yours,
FW

Obama vows to lead US from dire ‘day of reckoning’ (AP) - Yahoo! News - Yahoo! Buzz

See this response to the above-linked report on the president’s address:

“You can just tell that Obamonkey does NOT believe his own lies if he indeed will attempt to put a positive spin on all his doom-and-gloom rhetoric of the past several weeks. When Obamonkey says the US will emerge stronger, what he really means is the US will emerge more socialist, more irresponsible and more feebly dependent on his big-government dependency social programs than ever before. After all, his fake stimulus packages are designed to solely subject more Americans to the federal government as a crutch, not to help them be self-sufficient. Further, how the hell can Obamonkey LIE so shamelessly that the US will emerge "stronger?" All he’s done is to take over banks, give welfare checks to people who don’t pay taxes, send the markets crashing, and handed out LOTS of pork in his fake stimulus. Not very hopeful at all!”

The rest of the comments are just as idiotic. It’s frightening how people can call someone racist and hateful while they’re being racist and hateful.

Oh, and for the record, just because I “get it” doesn’t mean I dig it. Feline Warrior does not dig it.

Obama Begins Address With Glimmer of Hope Amid Economic Crisis

Dag ya’ll… I’m not even anyone’s mom, but I was SO happy to hear the president tell the good people that responsibility for the education of children begins at home. Yee-freakin’-haw.

I’m just going to imagine that it was written between the lines that “education” includes sex ed as well as the basics of being a human in a world with other human beings. Politeness, courtesy, kindness. (Yes, I said it: kindness, dammit!) You know how I feel about these things: More knowledge is better; people who are educated can make better choices. (Not always, of course, but it certainly helps.)

For all who wondered, I bought a laptop. I need to able to write any old time from any old place. For example, here I am, lounging on the chocolate (-colored, not  edible) loveseat, feet on my leopard print pouf, surrounded by two very soft and delicious kitties. (When I say “delicious” I refer to personalities, not actual flavors.)

Back to Barack Obama’s address: That Nancy Pelosi is a standing ovation enthusiast. If she could, I bet she’d give a standing ovation to standing ovations! And it looks like a full house - I’m glad.

My takeaway quote:

“In our hands lies the ability to shape our world, for good or for ill.”

I came across this just moments ago, from USA Today

“Muzzammil Hassan is charged with murdering his wife, Aasiya Hassan. Police say she had an order of protection against her husband and he had been kicked out of the house they shared in Orchard Park, near Buffalo.

“They accuse the 44-year-old Hassan of cutting off his wife’s head at the TV station where he launched his Bridges TV network in 2004. In an AP interview, he said he hoped the network would balance negative portrayals of Muslims following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.”

Tags: Hassan, beheading, divorce, tragedy, absurd

Errr… that is, Taylor Swift. She was the musical guest on SNL tonight. Her two performances were so frighteningly horrid that I was riveted. I couldn’t walk away, couldn’t look away.

I don’t know where to begin… She’s pretty enough - her face reminded me of Shirley Temple. If Shirley Temple had been famous as an 18-year old. But definitely not as talented as Shirley Temple.

Her band was SO enthusiastic that I can only believe that they are paid handsomely to behave that way. They leaped about as if the music was really rockin’ (which it definitely was not) and a few times did that thing guitarists and bassists do - kinda lean into each other, smiling, getting into the groove. Except… no groove in this case.

There was also a violinst who, in her shiny sassy skirt looked like she might have come from her audition for Arcade Fire (but alas, they wouldn’t have her). She did a fair share of low dips, overdone bow movements and excited jumping about.

All of that movement was just so unnecessary. An analogy… their enthusiasm was to this music what a meteoric explosion would be to lighting a cigarette. Waaaay too much.

I’ve saved the best for last. Taylor herself. My first thoughts: Wow, daddy must have some money; the blonde girl really (really, really) wanted to be a singer. (In her case, “singer.”) She is off-key. Her voice has no power. Did I mention she was off-key? She did peculiar little pointy-stabby things with her fingers (sort of like if Lewis Black was a tallish blonde girl attempting to punctuate the nonsensical lyrics of her poorly sung song).

Finally, she strummed that guitar -yes, the sparkly one- so intensely when she wasn’t singing, but then stopped when she was singing. And her left hand rarely moved, leading me to believe (no, it confirmed) that she can’t play the guitar either.

So the final verdict? Taylor Swift is pretty. But for a singer, a musical perfomer, she’s just horribly terribly awful. Make her stop. MAKE IT STOP!

This arrived in my in-box today. It made me laugh pretty hard: it’s a scam for the scammed. That is, “Mrs.Sarah Thomas,” “secretary of the United Nations, wrote to tell me that I am among 50 (and only 50) victims of scam who are to receive $500,000. Yup, it’s (un-)true!

SIR/MADAM,

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS in Central Bank to pay 50 victims of scam $500,000 USD (five Hundred Thousand Dollars) each.. You are listed and approved for this  payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,  get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your $500,000 USD compensation funds.

My dear friend I will like you to contact the finance house for the collection of this international certificated bank draft. The name and contact address of The Person with your Cheque is Mr. Wesley Greenfield.

Send a copy of your response to official email:
SECURITY & FINACIAL CONTACT AGENT: Mr. Wesley Greenfield
EMAIL:georgeellliisssrrrr@googlemail.com
CELL PHONE: +234-801-334-8760

You are advised to send your communication particulars, full names, telephone/fax numbers,mailing address,age and occupation to enable us have your cheque sent to your designated address.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Sarah Thomas
Secretary United Nations
West Africa

Tags: scam, west african scam

Let’s not play around with this new one, huh? It’s fresh and new, shiny but still a bit delicate. Barely touched. Hell, it’s a virgin. It’s 2009.

So let’s make it good. Make it count. All those bad thoughts we had in 2008? Just stop it! Snarky comments, bitchiness, jabs, all that stuff: adios! Out with the snark, in with the thoughtful. Kind. You know, I’ll say it: random acts of kindness.

Let’s not pretend that humans are the same as avatars. My flesh and bones are not a representation of me, they ARE me. No NVIDIA anything required.

2009: The year of giving up racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, all the damn -isms.Just be nice for cryin’ out loud.

Don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t cheat. Be courteous and knock it off with the selfishness. What is that all about?

KARMA, people, karma!

All we need is love.