Humorlessbitch

Men. Women. Just Saying.

Zo — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:27:29 +0000

Heart-rending story in the New York Times, The Life and Death of Therapist Bob Bergeron. … but perhaps rending not the way you think. Depending on whether, of course, you are a gay man. I’m not, but the beauty-fade? The loss of looks, beyond one’s control? Like, life? Getting sick? Old? The Creeping Decrepits, my [...]

North Korea: Failure to Launch

Zo — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:52:42 +0000

I never watch the news, but you know what I learned on the news? The fucking humanitarian aid, food and supplies, North Korea receives? The North Korean people are told that these are tributes. To their Leader. Then, if they’re lucky, I guess they get to eat. I imagine the sun shines and the rice grows to [...]

Fuck Me, I Think I’m Elder

Zo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:17:36 +0000

Is this like something you have to be? Or automatically become. And why are there these special, all-cringeworthy words for getting older? Why aren’t I the same person, granted, in somewhat different form? More bouts with that chronic illness that periodically take me off to OtherLand. You know, the one where you don’t live. Least [...]

You Don’t Know What Is Happening Here, Do You, Ms. Katehi?

Zo — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:18:56 +0000

Verrry interesting. The slow tap tap of her heels … in all that silence. Just devastating. Depending on which video you see, her face is quite visible, and she seems to look out over that long line of students with some surprise. No threat. That there was no threat to her was palpable. That extraordinary silence. [...]

Letting Go Of Steve

Zo — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:44:02 +0000

Jobs had been teaching us to say goodbye to all that for decades — we just didn’t know it. … in these final years, when the auditorium lights in would go down and the crowd would go wild for Jobs, who increasingly greeted his followers and touted the latest neat, new thing even as he [...]