The New Year

This is the Gaon (Genius) of Vilna, allegedly my ancestor It is the new year for us Hebrews (as we were called at Ellis Island) or Israelite...

Update: the Search for Organic Whey Powder

Bovine growth hormones: Does she or doesn't she? I wrote quite a while back about my search for protein powder without soy or rBGH --rec...

Back in the Saddle

Ceci n'est pas une Cancer Bitch. Friday I was riding my bike to French yoga at the Alliance Francaise . (It's yoga with instructions...

For the Girl Who Has Everything...

LINK: I found these (above link) while I was looking for something else. A Chicago Daily News columnist, Sidney J. Harris, used to write occ...

Wind and Water

It rained here in Chicago for almost two days straight, flooding some neighborhoods and suburbs and I kept thinking that this is what it...

This is not a picture of Ikea.

Everyone thinks that Dante said the lowest rung in hell is reserved for the neutrals. Actually, he said something much subtler than that. B...

This Mortal Coil

So I'm filling out the marketing questionnaire for The Adventures of Cancer Bitch. This means I'm listing possible reviewers and int...

Songs of the 60s

I listened to the conventions. I didn't watch much of the Dems on TV, except for one night at an Obama party. I've been listening to...

Things happen/Origin of the specious

Heather Bruce , Sarah Palin's older sister, with whom Bristol Palin lived last spring, said that Bristol is "just a sweet girl and ...

New Idea for Prosthetic Breast/Sarah Palin

No, the fish isn't the new prosthetic breast. The fish has to do with the next paragraph. As Cancer Bitch, I feel obliged to bring you t...

War Against the Squirrels

When I first came to the Midwest (never having heard the term "Midwest" and thinking that Chicago was the East, near New York, but...