"The cow is of the bovine ilk. One end is moo, the other milk." - Ogden Nash

This is a genuine question; no agenda. It came to mind again this afternoon as I was driving home from lunch and listening to Prairie Home Companion. Garrison Keillor was talking to his next guest, a woman who sang a couple of very good songs. As they talked he commented that she was pregnant and she responded that her wife....
I don't remember what she said about her wife because I was wondering what that wife calls her. Are they each other's wives? Is one of them the "partner."
The same issue arises for gay couples, hence the same question.

The new season of Broadchurch begins this Wednesday on BBC America. If you decide to watch it don't expect anything approaching comic relief. If it's anything like last year it will be pretty intense. It's a crime drama set in a small coastal town (Broadchurch) in contemporary England.
I like it, maybe because it's something completely different.

I didn't watch any of the CPAC gathering - was it televised? - but I read several articles while it was in progress and summaries once it concluded. I remind myself that the gathering represents one segment of the Republican Party, and their opinions as expressed in the closing session straw poll are not predictive of the candidate the party will finally put forward.

When I listen to some politicians tell people what they want to hear I wonder if they believe the simplistic solutions to complex problems they offer, or if they're saying what they know to be wrong-headed just to win the favor of a group that will, they hope, put them in power.
Then I remember that they're politicians.

It's Sunday night. I had something in my head this morning - "I'm going to write about this tonight!" - but I can't for the life of me come up with it now.
Maybe tomorrow night.