Wonderland or Not
Blog URL http://wonderlandornot.net
Located Frederick, Maryland USA
Tags politics, pop_culture, social_commentary, feminism, bad_poetry
Every day leftovers of a tortured reasonable, if at times unreasonably idealistic, mind. I write of things which give me headaches, or constipate. Like everyone else I write random pop culture, social and political commentary
Latest Blog Posts
- Off Which Dobbs Was the Worst I Could Think Of on Nov 19, 2009 in Cooper Culture Dobbs Life policy poverty
The upscale but privately owned coffee shop is crowded. I sip the double Espresso (meant to calm my sore throat), while reading about the health care bill that covers an additional 31 million individuals, the bill the insurance companies and big phar...
- Early Morning Wow Links on Nov 12, 2009 in Cooper Culture Links opinion innovations Military
With my concentration needed elsewhere I post some links. Suggestions I think you will enjoy. Something for everyone. I know you all pretty well by now. The famous “Just Wow” link for the day is, Walter Reed Officials Asked: Was Hasan Psychotic?
- Red Red Wine in The Midnight Hour on Nov 8, 2009 in Cooper Culture opinion abortion health care wine
This isn’t a pleasant thing to read after drinking a liter of an almost sweet red wine. A wine the wine-seller convinced us was meant to taste good with chocolate. The Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) amendment to the House health bill, which would bar feder...
- Inspiration on Old School Friday on Nov 6, 2009 in Cooper Culture Music old school friday joan osborne
The theme for Old School Friday this week is songs that inspire. I was lucky to have seen this musician/artist a couple of times when I lived in NY. What if God Were One of Us is probably her best known song, though she doesn’t tend to do much pop.
- My Ordinary Opinion on Extraordinary Rendition on Nov 5, 2009 in Cooper Culture Arar ethics Extraordinary Rendition torture
Distracted by health care legislation, Afghanistan, unemployment and local and state elections, the recent decision on rendition has not received the attention it deserves. Extraordinary Rendition, not the well written story, or great piece of blogg...
- Bad Blood on Nov 3, 2009 in Cooper Culture Blogging Life
Some days I wish I could sit on a park bench feeding birds all day, or at least spend all day watching those who do. Research, seminars, and working with an assistant who oozes a musty/sweet asphyxiating perfume, are all wearing me down. I love most...
- Happy Halloween on Oct 31, 2009 in Cooper Culture poetry Gorey Halloween limericks
Each night father fills me with dread As he sits at the foot of my bed I don’t mind that he speaks In gibbers and squeaks But for seventeen years he’s been dead. From The Listing Attic, Edward Gorey. Circa 1954. For some gory Gorey, see my Comp...
