Category Archives: Rants

Some things are just too stupid and annoying to be ignored and thus, a rant ensues. People, Places, and Things are all fair game.

2024 Election Fatigue

2024 Election Fatigue
2024 Election Fatigue

ENOUGH ALREADY!

I just deleted approx 500 emails for the last month from election campaign asking for more, more more!  I am not undecided (don’t believe there really is such a thing anymore, just people not wanting to declare to complete strangers or answer polls) and I have donated to the campaign.  I feel stalked, and lately the email contents have an air of desperation to them that I can’t abide.  Do the campaigns really think that everyone hasn’t already decided?  And if they aren’t decided it’s because they don’t plan to nor have they every contributed by voting.  Just get on with it.

At What Age Does A Woman Become Invisible To Men?

At What Age Does A Woman Become Invisible To Men?

This was an actual question on Family Feud the other night (Yes, it’s a guilty pleasure to watch and is part of the home after work ritual TV watching).  Of course the top answers were 40 and 50 years old.  That is so messed up on so many levels!  First off, its insulting and sexist but mostly because it is true.  It prompted me to Google the question and I don’t know why I was surprised at the quantity of articles came up.  An excellent one was written by Tira Harpas for salon.com.