http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:09:27 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/27/130927.php WilsonSometimes children really should be seen and not heard.<br/> My first glimpse of the interior of an airplane happened at age nine. Mom and I were going to visit relatives in California. Weeks, perhaps months, before handing my ticket to the stewardess, I thought of nothing else. What am I going to wear? I wonder if Mom will spring for a manicure? Maybe Andy Gibb, my future husband, will see me and realize... Culture71388@blogcritics.org Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:09:27 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/10/31/122232.php WilsonBe careful. You never know who might be praying for you.<br/> Did you know it's bad form if certain people pray for you? I asked this of Mahwainah (whose real name is Jeff) during our morning walk. Mahwainah's cackle could be heard over the jackhammer we passed moments before, "What?" he snapped. "Where in the world did you hear such an absurd idea?""The handicapped stall in the women's restroom," I... Culture70423@blogcritics.org Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:22:32 EDT