Barack Obama

Last night began like any other mid-week fall evening. I opened the fridge, heated up some leftover rice and marched downstairs to watch the news. As the polls started to come in, a wave of energy lit from within. A sudden realisation emerged, 'Oh no, we shouldn't be inside - this is pivotal, this is history, this is one of those moments in our life that we will recall with accuracy in twenty years.' read more...

The great debate started a month ago, (actually three months ago – but that's just embarrassing) - what to be for Halloween?

Why does it always happen that we have over ambitious ideas and then three days before Halloween the panic sets in and (once again) we end up tearing through Value Village trying on ragged housecoats, children's apparel, neon wedges and ski jackets assuming we will find 'the' costume, all the while waving at ex-friends and neighbours that we sort of know. Sigh. read more...

Maybe it’s the orange mystery punch that makes your legs tingle, but there’s something spookily superb about Halloween. Just when nothing seemed scarier than your Thanksgiving leftover family rage, this wicked rules-free slutfest reminds us mere mortals how holidays should be: drug-fuelled, full-mooned (you know what I mean), novelty costume-clad and drenched in fake blood. And what’s even creepier than your Lindsay Lohan costume? This week’s 13 celebrity truths scarier than any spooky Halloween story… read more...