The Cosmopolitan Blog

24 hours after sanity was restored

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:04:26 +0000

24 hours after the Rally to Restore Sanity, I have to say, I’ve had a blast watching cable channels completely IGNORE the rally (Bless you Howard Kurtz from CNN for redeeming your network!). Heaven forbid News Networks should tear themselves away from recycling candidate speeches, exit polls and political experts standing firmly on their over-polarized [...]

America, do you see yourself?

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:59:18 +0000

I guess if anyone was going to get me out of my blog-post-freeze, it would be Jon Stewart. LOL. I just finished watching the Rally to Restore Sanity. And as we do on The Daily Show, here we watched Jon Stewart “play” the democrat, while Stephen Colbert caricatured the conservative voice. But I wonder, do people [...]

Subway, Metro, Tube, L, T… same train, different name

CosmoChick — Wed, 19 May 2010 23:20:28 +0000

So my european experience continues… on the tube… aaaah, the british tube! Actually, i’ll be honest, it took me a while to remember, it wasn’t called the subway like in NYC, it wasn’t called the metro like in Montreal, or the T like in boston. it’s the underground, or the tube in good ol’ England. I [...]

Technology Versus Life

CosmoChick — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:56:54 +0000

I’m starting to draw a mighty big list of cons, when it comes to technology. Surprising, considering it’s the field i work in… or not… i hear those who work in chocolate factories never want to eat another piece of chocolate ever again, so…. For something that’s supposed to make us more productive, have u ever [...]

The European Experiment

CosmoChick — Sun, 16 May 2010 01:36:31 +0000

So here I am. England. London. I grew up here. And i’m back, staying at my mom’s, taking care of her as she recovers from a knee operation. Translation: i have NOTHING to do for a week. And i’m not a tourist here. And i don’t particularly love this city (long story)… so what does [...]