Mommy Look, Something Pretty!

Mommy, What's a Garab? (Home - Part 1)
I had three grandparents. My dad’s mom was named Zudeikhah, and she lived in a two-bedroom apartment in Dokki with a tiny kitchen, a tinier bathroom, and a giant dining table that dominated the main room so that almost nothing else fit into the place.  I used to cringe at the glasses of fresh milk placed on the plastic blue tablecloth that my mother tried in vain to get me to consume at there every morning, and I did everything I could to avoid making contact with the disgusting layer of cream, which apparently indicated extreme freshness, which never failed to appear - floating on top of the liquid -  and clung to the rim when I tried to drink the stuff from th

Hope XIX...
Meanwhile, way across the pond and down south... All hope that the Khamenei government had that it had effectively squashed the Opposition movement was, well, squashed on November 4th. The day marks the anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis at the American Embassy in Tehran, and  like Al-Quds day earlier this year,

Coming Up, New Jersey
Corzine's defeat in New Jersey does complicate things a bit, especially since incoming Republican Governor Chris Christie has reportedly vowed to veto any legislation that legalizes gay marriage in the Garden State.That said, Corzine does have until January to make something happen. It's a stretch, but there are a lot of people who could use the help, sooner than later.

Still Reeling
Maine remains a bitter pill to swallow, though there's THIS, via Andrew Sullivan, which offers some perspective, and THIS, about the backlash against the Catholic Church by many of its own members who were aghast at its heavy political involvement on behalf of the Yes On 1 campaign.In related news, NOM's "celebrity" mouth piece has just been forced to drop