Blogging: the therapy.

On Being Truman.

January 23, 2012

This post has been written and in my drafts folder for over a month, hence the Christmas references. I went back and forth about publishing it or not because there are parts of it that could be construed as me being arrogant about blogging. I don’t ever want to come across that way. I am [...]

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The Hex of Chuck E.

November 21, 2011

I really should have known better. With all of the inventory in the world of deadly and miserable germs with which to build his arsenal, of course Chuck E Cheese would attack me and my family for documenting my experience at his House of Horrors. In fact, he probably has a voodoo doll in my [...]

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The Chuck.

November 15, 2011

E. Cheese, that is. Chris and I made it four years, ten months, and three days into our parenting career without crossing his threshold.  And we were well pleased with ourselves. Then we received an invitation to a good friend’s son’s birthday party.  A friend that Ali would be disappointed to miss his celebration. (A [...]

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So We Meet At Last.

October 9, 2011

Why hello there, Thirty. What’s that? Is that loathing I hear?? You already detest me?  But we just met! Ooooh…you’ve heard about all of the nasty things I’ve been saying about you. If you thought that was bad, you should have heard all the nasty things I’ve been thinking about you. But nevertheless, I apologize.  [...]

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On Being All Set.

September 26, 2011

The following inner dialogue occurred Friday morning, directly after my second trip in three days to the Pediatrician’s office. I drove around to the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru window for like the ninety-dozenth time in the past three weeks…she gave me my order and then perkily chirped, “Here’s your large coke and your small lemonade! You’re all [...]

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The Nature Channel Presents: The Blogger in Peril.

September 7, 2011

See the indigenous blogger, trapped like a ravenous wild dog in a one foot cage, slowly losing her mind.  See her as she begins talking to her child’s balloon, wishing in vain that it was a Volleyball with a face painted on it. This blogger is on her third day of having no power.  This [...]

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Meanderings About 30.

September 6, 2011

(Alternately titled: A Completely Self-Indulgent Egomaniacal Post About Nothing But Me.) A few weeks ago, upon meeting someone in real life for the first time, they told me, “Wow! You look so much younger in person than you do in your twitter picture!!” Thanks! Hey waitta minute … how old have I been looking??? Is [...]

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What I Learned at BlogHer.

August 10, 2011

I decided to attend my third BlogHer at the last minute to go to one event: The Voices of the Year Reception.  Even though I wasn’t chosen as a speaker (thank goodness because my nerves couldn’t have handled it), being an Honoree was so exciting, and I had promised myself last year that if I [...]

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Hacked: A Shame Too Great To Bear.

July 25, 2011

Every now and then, I’ll get an email from someone with nothing in it but a mighty suspicious link. With a mixture of disappointment, shame on their behalf, and an unhealthy level of Technological Elitist Disdain, I shake my head, hit delete, wonder what the poor soul clicked on to bring such a travesty down [...]

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Mommy Is Not Your Servant.

July 20, 2011

“Hey Mommy – Can I have some more apple juice? My cup is empty.” “Sure, honey! Just a minute and I’ll fix it for you.” “Okay! I’m going to go play in the Living Room. You can bring it to me in there.” SCREEEEEEEEECH “OOOOH no you didn’t, girlfriend. Before you were born, I endured [...]

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