I Had a Bad Day [The Problem With Confessional Blogging]

Now THIS would be a legitimate reason to freak out… (Ad is for Nikon face recognition software – “finds faces you don’t even see” Eeeeek!) There’s the mom who confessed to loving her son more than her daughter, to the point that if her daughter died she’d be okay with it as long she could …

What Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning?

This alarm clock would scare the nose right off my Rudolph pajama bottoms. That I’m still wearing 4 months after Christmas. Blogging. The Teen Mom season finale. Jezebel. Blogging. Work. E-mail. Laundry. Blogging. Kids that reappear like groundhogs every 5 minutes after bedtime until I threaten to play whack-a-mole with the next tiny head that …

The Controversial Carbohydrate [Paralysis by Analysis]

Two questions: Why would anyone ever buy a flesh-colored bikini? With suits in every imaginable color and pattern, who looks at this and thinks “You know what’s hot? Beige.” Also, what on earth is that lamb thingy on the table? Loaf of lamb? Bread ferret? Lawn art?? The fat-free 90’s loved it. Atkins banned it. …

April’s Great Dance Experiment! [Ballet, Capoeira, Latin and Breakdancing oh my!]

What I am about to do will likely really torque a certain segment of my readers. Believe me, I do not enjoy causing that little vein on your temple to throb as you resist the impulse to throttle me through my screen but I hope you will at least listen to all my reasons before …