These days I mostly try not to write. My life is so full of work and family and weeding. But every now and then, my brain starts to itch and the only way to scratch that itch is writing. This is where you will find my most recent scratchings.
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More Hilarious Search Terms
I did a post a while back about search terms people had found my blog through. I just have to share a few of the recents with you, again, because Holy Christ, who types this shit into a search engine? I can’t help but put the best first. “by the time you read this you could have got me a beer” Second place goes to “mardi gras tities” who left unsated, and hopefully went to find a dictionary. I am fairly disturbed that “apron strings fuck” found me. And I hope they didn’t stick around long. Perhaps they left with…
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Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Part 1
So now that we’ve determined that shopping at Whole Foods and washing your dog with organic rosemary ginger shampoo doesn’t mean you can check “Being Green” off your list, where does that leave us? Oh yeah, at the time-consuming conclusion that we need to actually think about what we buy. Reduce our needs and wants. Make what we can at home. And for the rest, do our best to educate ourselves about the industries we’re supporting with those hard-earned greenbacks. I think I’d better start by saying a few things about myself. I have been, in my past, super hard-core…
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Responsible Consumerism: How to Make it Work
Yesterday, I got my new favorite book in the mail. I ripped open the envelope and proceeded to ignore every one of my beautiful family members while I devoured the first few pages. Radical Homemakers promises to be everything I could have hoped for. I can’t believe I almost let this link founder in my inbox until complete oblivion. How close I came to missing out on someone championing my cause, with far more eloquence and research than I could ever muster! It’s got me thinking a mile a minute. It is a bit hard to slow down enough to…
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The Best F***ing Brownies Ever (Plus Kumquat Syrup)
Some people have occasionally thought I was one of those modest, self-defaming cooks because when I cook something ordinary, I do tend to pick apart and question what makes it less than extraordinary. But actually, I’m just honest, curious and I have high standards. Case in point– when I cook something mind-blowing, I have no qualms whatsoever about tooting my own horn. And now I have to tell you about the brownies I made last night. If you’re like me, and most women and many men, you adore chocolate, and are forever seeking that Ultimate Chocolate Experience. Brownies are my…
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Things You Never Thought You’d Hear Yourself Say: A Stroller Love Story
I’ve had one thing on my mind lately. Strollers. It all started back before I had even picked out a man I might want to make babies with. I had loads of opinions about kids, and fantasies about how I would do it aaaaall different. One of the many precepts I never even realized I functioned under was No Stroller. I’m from a carryin’ family, and I’d make a carryin’ family. It’s not that I thought anything was particularly wrong with strollers, just that they were surely hopelessly annoying, whereas a backpack is easy, and makes you stronger. Everything was…
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