by Deborah Quinn | Jan 19, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Kids, Politics, ranting
So today, in the United States, it’s Gun Appreciation Day. Yep, that’s right folks. I hope you got a card for your gun, maybe one of those nice bouquets they have down at the Stop-n-Shop? My gun is partial to those big orange Gerbera daisies, but maybe...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 18, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Kids, Politics, ranting
I wasn’t going to write anything about Trayvon Martin. His murder happened a long way away, and the newspapers here in Abu Dhabi are filled with plenty of stories of murder and mayhem (Syria, anyone?). Plus, you know, he’s African American and the murder happened in...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 14, 2011 | NaBloPoMo, NYC, shopping
The Kmart at Astor Place has never managed to Tar-jay itself into ironic hipsterdom. The fashion stylings of Jaclyn Smith just don’t quite cut the mustard, I guess, when you can hike out to Target in Brooklyn or the Bronx and find equally cheap Mizrahi or McCartney...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 16, 2011 | Children, Politics
Here’s proof that my six year old may be smarter than many members of Congress: Wouldn’t that be great? If people could stop selling guns instead of just observing a moment of silence as they did today, outside a gun show in Tucson? What good, exactly, is...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 8, 2011 | Politics
Once upon a time, there was a king who wanted to have more freedom than the church would allow. In fact, a certain clergy man had become quite powerful in his own right and was challenging the king’s authority, but the king could not, outright, do anything. At one...
