My husband and I have recently been watching the series Lost on DVD. We sat snuggled on the couch together a few nights ago watching an episode from the second season called "Dave." (You can watch online here, although, unfortunately, I can't link directly to the episode. This post does contain spoilers, so watch now, [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2008’
I’m Not Likely to Be Stupid
Image credit: Photo byFanboy30 on Flickr A few weeks back, Ingrid at Boricua in Texas e-mailed me (even before the story hit the blogosphere) a story about radio talk show host Michael Savage's recent comments on autism. Among other things, Savage said, "I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's [...]
Roses
Image credit: Photo byfreg on Flickr I was driving to the grocery store today with the kids (mercifully and mysteriously) quiet in the back seat. My head was spinning with all those thoughts I want to dump in a Pensieve when I drove past a yard bordered by huge rose bushes. Why, I wondered, are [...]
Come Visit Me at The Second Road
If you throw your minds back a few days, you'll recall that I mentioned in an earlier post that I was excited about a new writing opportunity I was recently offered, and I promised details at a later date. Well, that later date is here, and I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined the community [...]
Pardon Me while I Muse Aloud
I've been thinking quite a bit about two disparate and unconnected topics lately: Society's perception and treatment of pedophiles in relation to the new X-Files movie, and Codependency in relation to recent news articles and talk show commentary about the apparent crime of being autistic in public. Yes, these are the actual types of thoughts [...]
Calling Addicts and Those who Love Them
Image credit: Photo byEleaf on Flickr As I mentioned yesterday, I'm planning to write an ebook for partners of sex addicts who are in the early stages of coming to terms with addiction. I already have a lot of ideas for what I want to address in the book; after all, I just have to [...]
Building Something New
Image credit:Photo posted on UADDit(along with other pictures ofamazing Lego art!) I grew up believing that there was a formula for building a career. Jobs were like packaged construction sets: you picked the single set you liked best, followed the instructions, laying down one piece of education or experience at a time, until you had [...]
God Moments
As a reader and a writer, I tend to view my life as a book: I look for subtext and symbolism; I try to form events into a cohesive narrative. Since I was a child I've looked at every little event -- a balloon floating off into the air, a reflection in the window, a [...]
Wow, Am I Allowed to Do This?
Image credit: Photo byjamesjordan on Flickr When my son was born, the decision to quit my job was an easy one. I imagine I would still have left a job I loved very much in order to be there for that vulnerable little baby, who seemed to be telling me so desperately that he needed [...]
Google Broke Up with Me
You may (or may not) have noticed that my ads disappeared a few weeks ago. Google informed me a little while back that that they determined I posed a "significant risk" to their advertisers and that they were pulling my ads. They wouldn't tell me exactly what this meant (and told me not to contact [...]
