The Tony Podesta / Heather Miller breakup – technically, a ‘divorce’ – promises to be fascinating.

Dear Lord, but this is going to be bloody: “Last week the information Tony Podesta was giving was the divorce complaint he had filed in D.C. Court against his wife Heather. The hands receiving that information belonged to a gossip columnist for the Washington Postwho made the “informed decision” to report on it. Later in the day Heather, who is also a lobbyist, informed the Post the text of her counter-suit. It published a follow-up.”

…OK. I know that most of my readers are kindly people, who feel that people’s private lives are their private lives.  Your instinctive reaction to this will be to move slightly away from the monitor screen. Your forehead will slightly furrow; your eye muscles will tighten.  At the top of your forebrain will dart the thought Divorces are scary things; people who are afflicted with them should be given space. In short, you will automatically not want to pursue this story further.  And that’s a good thing! That’s proper behavior. Continue reading The Tony Podesta / Heather Miller breakup – technically, a ‘divorce’ – promises to be fascinating.

I blame… what is the current thing to blame divorce on, anyway?

I really should get cable TV, if I want to keep up. Anyway:

Experts have told of their surprise after witnessing a rare “divorce” between a pair of swans at a Gloucestershire wildfowl sanctuary.

The Bewick’s swans have returned to winter at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust centre at Slimbridge – but both have brought new partners.

It is only the second time in more than 40 years that a “separation” has been recorded at the centre.

Staff have described the new couplings as “bizarre”.

Mind you, this ‘bizarre’ thing is coming from people who apparently can tell swans apart by their ‘unique bill pattern.’ Although if one of the swans suddenly bought a cap, a leather jacket, and a sports car, that might also be a tell…