So I’m sitting in the theater, waiting for Dreamgirls to start, when a lady pokes me in the skull with the corner of her cardboard refreshment tray. I cringe and say something like, “ow,” just to let her know she made contact. She says, “I’m sorry,” and then spills some of her drink on myContinue reading “A napkin would be nice”
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The Funnies
On the way to my cousin’s wedding last spring, my grandmother sat in the front seat, and Rob, my stepmother and I sat in the back. I think there was some concern that Grandma wasn’t always altogether with it, but she was never anything but lucid and sharp when I spoke to her. She interruptedContinue reading “The Funnies”
But is the capital Astana or Almaty?
I’m offended by Ali G’s Borat character, mostly because I know what Kazakh people look like, and that’s not it. I have to confess, however, that there are aspects of the gag that make me chuckle. If only he’d kept the character Moldovan or Albanian. The government of Kazakhstan has cried foul, and I’d sayContinue reading “But is the capital Astana or Almaty?”
Kari Neumeyer 