What can I say about Toddlers and Tiaras, the eweylicious show about child pageants, that hasn’t already been said? Actually, a lot. So much material . . . so few adjectives to adequately express disdain . . . This show has a Svengali hold on me. I’m a big fan of shows where I […]
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Pregnancy Can Be a Beautiful Thing. Or You Could Ruin That, Too.
Everyone loves a pregnant woman right? According to these photos that I found on iVillage and Awkward Family Photos, being pregnant doesn’t exempt a woman from making bad photo pose choices. I, for one, am glad that pregnant women are allowed to show the shape of their stomachs. When I was pregnant, we had […]
Always Pick Out Your Own Couch
I rarely write blog posts that are sequels to a previous post, but this is an exception. There’s a first time for everything. (Won’t you be surprised when I send out a form letter at Christmas this year, too.) This is Part II of the story of our Big Blue Flowered Couch. Previously on […]
The Big Blue Flowered Couch
Everyone remembers her very first piece of adult furniture. You know, the first thing that wasn’t a plastic parson’s table, a crate painted peach, a futon, an unframed poster, or anything too big to have fit into your dorm room or your childhood bedroom. For me, it was our big blue flowered couch. It was […]
Sit, Dog-Sit
I’ve decided that dog-sitting is the perfect thing for a person without a dog to do. It’s also a fine thing for a person with a dog, too, but only because dogs are concurrent: If you have one dog and you dog-sit another dog, your work doesn’t double. It’s like serving two jail terms […]
Call 911. My Dendrites are Flatlining.
It was a tough weekend for me and my dendrites. You know, dendrites? The pieces of your brain that get a workout when you do things that are difficult and boring and tedious – things you don’t like to do? You’re supposed to exercise your dendrites a little bit, especially as you get older, […]