This week, I was faced with a task that seemed simple on the surface, yet my repeated attempts to execute it somehow resulted in one failure after another. Over the weekend, we’d gone through our clothing, gathered together three bags of donations for the thrift store, and put them in the trunk of my car … More Dope at Dropping Things Off
My mama used to tell me that life isn’t fair and life isn’t easy, and in all my years, I have yet to gather a scrap of evidence to disprove her. But even her wise words couldn’t have prepared me for the extreme difficulty of the task I was faced with a couple weeks ago. … More Mama Told Me
Today, I dusted all the ceiling fans, the baseboards, got the cobwebs out of the corners, even dusted the tippy tops of the door frames. Just kidding. What I really did was make this collage. You really shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet.
If you happen to be one of those people who hates Valentine’s Day, I think it’s because you’re doing it all wrong. I mean, how could a holiday where chocolate and crafting play such critical roles be a bad thing? Yes, there’s the whole romantic, wooing, expressing-your-love aspect, which is great if you’re lucky like … More How to Win Valentine’s Day
Maybe some of you placed a wager on tonight’s big game, but I never had the stomach for gambling. The thought of watching my hard-earned money evaporate into the ether with nothing to show for it—well, it makes me sick to my stomach. But I admit there is a high-risk, high-reward pastime that I can’t … More The Know When to Hold Em Award for High Rollers
This is probably TMI, so you may want to avert your eyes now and move onto some more appropriate, impersonal, less cancery corner of the internet while you have the chance. This is the sort of thing I should be writing about in the top secret Book of Doom (our nickname for the black leather … More Rockstar of Radiology
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