Pretty Bride: “Can we take a walk?” Me: “Umm…I was going to go for a run. I feel like walking is sort of a waste of time for non-obese people who want to raise their heart rates to 85% max.” PB: “I just thought we should talk some and…” Me: […]
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pay attention to the man behind the curtain
I’ve felt a twinge of guilt since this post about quitting my job on Feb 11, because I said I’d blog about my journey, and I haven’t. In fact, I’ve hardly blogged about anything since then. I just reread that post and the numerous supportive comments that followed. I thought […]
clearly, the french want our children to live like mississippians
I think we got this at a garage sale or off craigslist. Seems harmless enough. A little inflatable blue horse that kids can sit on or something. But upon closer inspection, one will see that it was designed to encourage horsey tossed salads. And for that, oh blue horse with […]
a most inappropriate line of questioning
Last weekend, I was at my National Guard base and learned the following from a Captain who has been my drinking buddy traveling companion a few times this year: Captain Lauren: You know Major Yancy? Me: Yeah. Sort of. Captain Lauren: She just pulled me aside and asked me if […]
how maddie got her moxie back*
I may have mentioned a conference I attended a while ago called BlogHer and how I stopped drinking for 2 minutes to hit the head at one point and then returned to find that the doll a mom blogger with sons had given me was stolen out from under my […]
