The Rachel Maddow Show - June 12, 2012
I'm diarying under the influence of No Brainz tonight; y'all have been warned. ;D
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - June 13, 2012
Tonight's diary will be the last of this week. I don't know what next week's schedule will be, so be sure to check me out on teh Facebook and/or teh Twitter. :D
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - June 25, 2012
Cheers to a relatively stress - free work place for the next month or so! It feels good to be doing this again. :D AND, having spent a good chunk of today reading the SB 1070 ruling, this SCOTUS wonk...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - June 26, 2012
And, we all await another SCOTUS decision where I yet again hope for the best but expect the worst.
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - June 27, 2012
Blah...I got nothin' right now. So onward upward downward & every - other ward...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - July 2, 2012
I want a gross of this product to be sent to the offices of "Justices" Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, & Alito.AND, I want this song piped into their offices 24/7.
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - July 3, 2012
Tomorrow, we celebrate us telling the Brits to get the spark off our lawn, so let's begin with some good 'ol 'Merikun vittles - USA! USA! USA! :D
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - July 9, 2012
A logo change just for tonight...I'm sure Miss Rachel will forgive me. ;DAs some little bird may have told y'all last week, this Friday {yes, the 13th :D} is my & my dearly beloved's 10 - year...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - July 16, 2012
I gotta admit to some mixed feelings at being back here tonight. While doing this diary is tremendous fun for me & an island of sanity in a "red state," it also means I'm back from arguably one of...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - July 17, 2012
Well, I've got more Memphis pics to share tonight! :D I tried a new dessert that sounded rather "What the Spark?!" but ended up being yummy! See if y'all can guess what it is.
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - July 18, 2012
La - dee - da...la - dee - da...la - la... OK, so much for introductory material!
View ArticleLGBT Literature: Randy Shilts' The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life & Times...
My name is Harvey Milk - and I want to recruit you! Most people familiar with Harvey Milk's life know this quote - or at least remember Sean Penn's portrayal of Harvey's 1978 Gay Freedom Day Parade...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - July 25, 2012
Howdy FOKR boys & girls! :D I'm still feeling rather discombobulated from going back to work after 2 weeks off; resuming this diary will hopefully help me feel more normal (such as it is). AND, I'm...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - July 26, 2012
It sounds like Mittens is winning all sorts of hearts & minds across the pond {hee...hee...hee...}.Let's dive on into "this day in history" because there are oodles of fun birthdays to celebrate!
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 6, 2012
A couple of semi - reliable show feeds via the intertubz? Check. A functioning new purty keyboard for my iPad? Check. So, we are back! :D If any of the aforementioned tech goodies go on the fritz...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 7, 2012
Blah...blah...and blah... Although, these days, I'm managing to catch up with new "Beat" literature & jewels recently published, so that's helping to keep sanity (such as it is) in tact.
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 8, 2012
Tonight will be the last diary for this week barring a news development of gargantuan proportions - like DICK surrendering himself to the DOJ for his shenanigans during GWB's reign, $aint $arah from...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 13, 2012
I've got the OFFICIAL theme song for the Mittwit/Medicare Murderer campaign because I am just that good. :D To be sung to the Beverly Hillbillies theme song (and with all apologies to them)...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 14, 2012
I'm still patiently waiting for a photo of Rep. Medicare Murderer going down on a corn dog. ;D Yea, I'm bad, but I admit I'm bad!
View ArticleWhat Are You Reading? Aug. 15, 2012
Thanks awfully for the opportunity to be the hostess with the mostess for this diary series for this week. :D I grew up in a very very very isolated rural area, and reading helped me to escape to...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 15, 2012
Hey F.O.O. & FOKRs, by the time y'all read this, my dain bramaged state could be beyond my typical non - sensesical ravings of a lunatic mind so apologies in advance.
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 20, 2012
Tonight's diary features a rare poll - admittedly on the silly side but a poll nevertheless! :D Those of you who've been around here long enough know just how "fun" this time of year is for me in my...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 21, 2012
And, Queen is officially the soundtrack of my life; I'll take that. :D Seriously though, I had to leave campus for just a bit for the sake of my mental health (such as it is) & to avoid going all...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 22, 2012
I got nothin' as far as a witty introduction - or even a non witty introduction, so let's dive on in; the water's fine!
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Sept. 10, 2012
{tapping into microphone} Testing...testing...1 - 2 - 3... {clear throat}
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Sept. 11, 2012
{just for tonight...}Most eerily, at least for me, Sept. 11, 2001 was a Tuesday, and (check local listings), the weather was identical to what it was that was that horrible day - sunshine, blue skies,...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Sept. 12, 2012
Ya' know, if one of our ambassadors had been killed in a violent attack in a foreign country under the previous occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., we would've already blowed up the place real good;...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Sept. 17, 2012
So...uh...yea...I got nothin' as far as a witty introduction, so let's get on with the show - figuratively now...literally later on. ;D
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Sept. 18, 2012
Boys & girls, what will be the next way Governor Mittwit will make a complete a$$ of himself? :D
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Sept. 19, 2012
How - dee...tonight will be the last diary for the week, and, after tomorrow, I'll be off the intertubz grid probably until Sunday afternoon because I am the Head Dharma Teacher for the weekend retreat...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Oct. 1, 2012
Rabbit...Rabbit...RABBIT!In the spirit of full disclosure, I gotta admit to 1 more reason I took a diary break other than my office moving AND being absolutely bat$hit insane busy at my job.
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Oct. 2, 2012
Unless y'all have been under a rock for a number of weeks (perhaps under 1 of the rocks in Gov. Mittwit's brainz), you know the first debate between the aforementioned Mittwit & President Obama is...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Oct. 8, 2012
I spent a good chunk of the weekend with a Deadwood marathon. When I think of Governor Mittwit in a room with Al Swearingin, I smile smile SMILE. ;D
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Oct. 9, 2012
I've said this statement a lot over the past few months, but I'll repeat it tonight. There's not enough money ON THE PLANET to get me to work at Penn State.
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Oct. 10, 2012
Mongo is punching horsies in heaven - not that I believe there is one, but the alliteration works. :(
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Oct. 15, 2012
Again, per my "diary schedule blurb" in this past Wednesday's diary, watch here at the Great Orange Satan, Facebook, and/or teh Twitter for future diary posts over the next few weeks. Believe me, I'd...
View ArticleThe Rachel Maddow Show - Nov. 26, 2012
I cannot BEGIN to tell you how good it feels to do this diary again - especially since my "hiatus" sucked donkey droppings 99.999999999999999% of the time. My work caused a few hundred mini nervous...
View ArticleSwan Song for The Rachel Maddow Show Diaries Here at Daily Kos
It is with a bittersweet but proud heart that I inform you of my difficult decision to stop posting diaries for The Rachel Maddow Show here at the “Great Orange Satan.” Let me state explicitly that I’m...
View ArticleWhat's Keith Olbermann Doing These Days?
Unlike most corporations that hoard their profits or otherwise have a tendency to make life miserable for their employees while lining their personal pocketbooks, the "corporation" known as Keith...
View ArticleCalling Indianapolis Kossacks!
CityLightsLover is back like a bad penny & diarying. :D If you've read my past diaries and comments, you know how much I enjoy living where I live. However, maybe living where I live would be more...
View ArticleCalling Indianapolis Kossacks! Part Deux
If you feel like you're having deja' vu' all over again, well, you are. ;D Navajo was kind enough to suggest re - posting my diary from last week announcing the formation of (I think) the newest Kos...
View ArticleKeith Olbermann and Current TV Reach Settlement
Apologies in advance for this short - sweet - but - to - the - point diary, but I knew this news would be of interest to this community.
View ArticleI Had to Say Goodbye to my Karma
In this rare instance, this diary has nothing whatsoever to do with Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, politics, etc. This diary has everything to do with a sudden and heartbreaking decision my husband...
View ArticleFor Harvey Milk on Harvey Milk Day
Today is Harvey Milk Day in California. I first wrote this diary last summer for the LGBT series in the Readers & Book Lovers group, but since I can't be in California or the city he loved so much...
View ArticleIndianapolis IS More Than the 500 and Basketball!
...or the Colts or farming or any other of the stereotypes associated with Indianapolis and Indiana - or at least I frequently try to convince myself and others of that.Until I become independently...
View ArticleIndianapolis Kossacks Ate, Drank, and Were Merry - With Photos!
Shapiro's Deli in downtown Indianapolis had not quite seen the likes of this scene, I imagine, before Saturday, September 28. :DYep, I am now an official BOOB - a member of the Benevolent Order of the...
View ArticleAll Things Bookstore: City Lights - Pre "Howl"& Beyond "Howl"
About a month ago, Dave in Northridge featured City Lights Bookstore in this series in the context of the "Howl" obscenity trail in San Francisco in 1957 & how this well - known trial helped put...
View ArticleIndianapolis Kossack Swag at Panchos on 11 - 16? Maybe ;D
Look at these hap - hap - happy faces from the inaugural Indianapolis Kossack par - tay on September 28; I hope we have just as many or more at Panchos Taqueria at 96th St. & Allisonville Rd. at 2...
View Article10 Indianapolis Kossacks Walked Into Panchos...
... Y comió, bebió y se feliz! (Spanish for 'ate, drank, and were merry!') :DThe lady in the purple sweater in front is Furbabies2013, and the goober in the Indianapolis Kossack 3/4 sleeve shirt...
View ArticleWilliam Burroughs was a Life Long Drug Addict Who Killed His Wife
This sentiment pretty much nails what I thought about him for many years after I was first introduced to his story & his writings in the wake of discovering Allen Ginsberg & the other Beats my...
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