I got new glasses today for the first time in nearly ten years. As a result, I can see things more clearly than ever before. It took a little getting used to because my old glasses have lenses that are oval-shaped with a light wire rim on the top halves. This pair has rectangle lenses… Continue Reading
I Am Broken
I am broken. After a really shitty week, I give up. Many of my friends have bolstered my spirits (and a big thank you to you all), but the lingering sadness, pain, anger, and hopelessness have persisted. I am vulnerable with no defense to the attacks that seemingly come from all side. Of course, I… Continue Reading
Attention Blog Readers
I am going off the grid for a while. I will answer all the comments that are posted during my time away. I will not be blogging during that time. Check back in a week or two or more. Continue Reading
Babysitting for Dummies, Part II
So, this is the continuation of Minna’s Adventures in Babysitting. Last night, I went to bed around 1:30 a.m. I optimistically set my alarm for 9:00 a.m. because I had to be out of the house by 9:20 a.m. I fell asleep around 2:00 a.m., which would have given me seven hours if I had… Continue Reading
Babysitting for Dummies
So, my middle nephew came over to play and spend the night. He is the very sensitive, prone-to-melting-down-in-a-minute, extremely intelligent, and hard-to-handle boy who takes up much of his parents’ attention–and patience. He is the most brilliant of his siblings, and if he makes it through his furious fives, he will do something amazing with… Continue Reading
No Warrior Woman am I
Pssst. Hey, you. Come a little closer because I have a secret to tell you. I fucking hate Amy Tan. Shocking, I know, but I cannot stand the bitch. OK, OK, to be fair, that’s not exactly true. I don’t hate Amy Tan herself (partly because I don’t even know her), but I hate the… Continue Reading
Perception V. Reality
Hello. I have not blogged for the past few days for several reasons. One, I am fucking sick and tired of political bullshit, and it’s one of my bailiwicks. Two, I’ve been busy with work and shit, damn it. Three, I’m mulling something over in my mind that I don’t really want to blog about,… Continue Reading
Don’t Rest Just Yet, Senator Kennedy
We lost a good man today. Well, yesterday, but I woke up to the news today. Senator Ted Kennedy, the last of the fabled Kennedy boys, has left this world. He has been in serious decline for the last year or so, so I can’t say it was a shock to wake up to the… Continue Reading
Hey, GOP! Shut. The. Fuck. Up!
I am blogging tipsy again, and I have reached my limit with the sheer stupidity that is the GOP party right now (as well as the asswipes from the so-called liberal media who are nothing but a bunch of apologetic whores for the right). The birthers, the deathers (or, as Keith Olbermann calls them, the… Continue Reading
I Got Nothing
Sorry. You get no blog today. I am feeling shitty, and I don’t feel like talking about it, so you get some videos instead. Video Number One is from TiredMom. She said she thought of me when she heard it. Besides the fact that I DO want it all the time, I agree with the… Continue Reading