Louie-nalysis “fat girl rant”

I love seeing “Louie” (Louis C.K.’s show) make news. And when it did yesterday, it was about a “Seven Minute Fat Girl Rant”. Delivered by guest actress Sarah Baker, the show stealing scene featured her character Vanessa appointing Louie to represent all men. She chastises him for not acknowledging her fatness and asks why a guy like him wouldn’t date a fat girl like her when they “totally match”. Oy.. Read More

Sofa king rich

And now for a news story that settles like an emotional speedball So, some broke college kids found a magical couch filled with money (ahhh!) 🙂 And… …gave it back to the owner. (Uuughh…) 🙁 I know I was supposed to feel heart warmed. But I didn’t. Not right away. And although I’d like to say “Oh, yeah, I’d definitely do the same – no question”, there’s no telling how.. Read More

Sex Victim Vigilante Vandals

Apparently Columbia is doing a shitty job of rape prevention. The stats are something like one one out of five femmes getting poon wounded unwillingly – but only thirteen percent report it. Why? Probably because it’s an Ivy League school with Ivy League members of the good old boys club. So that sucks for victims seeing no rape repercussions. But what now sucks for the assailants (#sorrynotsorry) is that the.. Read More

Complaining in the rain

Why the perpetual excitement about what the sky’s doing? I don’t mean you or me. I mean the guy on a green screen who lives in my light box. Today’s haphazardly delivered report was almost exactly this: “Today’s going to be.. well… I mean compared to tomorrow, it’s gonna be much… Actually… (insert all too familiar sigh of someone giving up on life)… it’s …It’s pretty bad right now.” (camera.. Read More