I crossed some sort of self-acceptance threshold this morning on the way to work, as I stepped out the door and down the sidewalk, and happened to look down, and …
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Send Congress over the Fiscal Cliff Gangnam Style for Mayan Doomsday
Okay, 2012, three things I’m sick to death of: the Mayan Prophecy, the Fiscal Cliff, and Gangnam Style. Let’s begin with Gangnam Style: Just stop it. On to the Mayans. …
The story of Santa Claus is a beloved, well-intentioned lie
Last week I picked apart the Christmas Tree. This week: Santa. Here’s the deal: Santa Claus is the most well-intentioned, beloved lie we tell our kids. But, at the end …
I don’t mind a little convoluted hypocrisy with my eggnog
I have a little Bah Humbug to purge. I need to stick a finger down my psyche and get it all out of my system. You’ll hold back my hair, …
When the ninth life ends
For the first time in nearly 14 years, there’s no kitty greeting me at the door after work. No kitty alarm clock meowing at the first hint of dawn. No …
Twenty years as the Express editor, and nothing but crickets
October 19 has come and gone. Very quietly, I might add. Twenty years at the Winters Express, people. That was my anniversary. Where was the big party? The boss singing …
Look at what I found stuffed in the back of my lingerie drawer
It was just an average, random morning on Facebook, sharing funny but grammatically challenged cartoons and videos of dogs on trampolines, and whipping up pointless arguments with people I neither …
Putting the ‘loon’ in Lunesta
“I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind… There was something so pleasant about that place… Even your emotions had an echo in so much space… …
Of vulvas and vaginas
When I saw the title, “Your Ugly Vagina is Normal & Gorgeous” on the Elephant Journal website, I had to click. I was expecting some sort of exploration of vaginal …
American Idiocracy
So, I couldn’t bear to listen to Mai Fasai on the local morning news because her voice does to my ears what police sirens do to a dog’s, so I …