Hate vlogging. Love Photoshop. Bloggers are a fun lot. People continue to refuse to pay us (or even read us, in some cases) but we happily keep writing and maintain a cheerful attitude. Occasionally we give each other awards, because no one else will. I got an Oh My Blog award from Jeannie over […]
On Being an Undisciplined Writer
The following is a guest column I wrote for Tel Asiado, a friend in Sydney, Australia. In addition to being an author of many books and a prolific Internet content writer, Tel has a vibrant Web site, Inspired Pen, which is full of a writer’s tips and treasures. Tel asked me to write a piece […]
Smile! You’re on Loss Prevention Reality TV!
As if there weren’t enough reasons already to just give up swimming and not buy another bathing suit until these come back in style: (Even this number will show cankles.) They’re watching us in the dressing rooms now. I was trying on clothes at Macy’s not long ago and in my efforts to not make […]
Then Came the Girl Who Loved Bronson
When I was in the 5th grade, there was a show on TV called Then Came Bronson. (If you remember this show, you get 5 Justhumorme points. Because if no one comes forward to say they watched the show, I was a weirder 5th grader than previously thought. Please say you watched it. I […]
Just Photo Shoot Me
Because nothing embarrasses me and I decided two years ago to just put everything out there – warts and all – and let you decide whether I’m weird or actually certifiable, I’m going to admit that I asked my husband to take a nice photo of me for my blog. Until now, I had been […]
Creepster Bunny
The Easter Bunny is the creepiest of all of the fictional characters that we allow into our homes when we’re asleep. I was at the mall last weekend. (Saturday was a double-mallster for me; not how I wanted to spend a gorgeous weekend, but that’s how the ball rolled.) I saw that the Easter […]