Image credit: Photo by the italian Jonathan on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few days ago, a columnist I generally like wrote a satirical piece on sex addiction rehab (one I won't link to here, due to its triggering nature). He's a liberal columnist, so the comments were populated with lots of LOLs and [...]
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How Austen Convinced Me Torture Doesn’t Work
Image credit: Photo by ...-Wink-... on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "How did you know?" my son Austen asked. "Know what, buddy?" I asked. We had been talking about how a particular connector fit into a particular slot. This, along with batteries and speakers, is a particular fascination of Austen's lately. When we were watching [...]
Scary
Image credit: Photo by BGLewandowski on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I rashly went out Halloween costume shopping a few days ago. I'm not sure what I was thinking. Well, I know I needed to pick up a costume for my daughter — Yes, a few days shy of Halloween. I'm totally on top of [...]
Recovery is Sexy
Image credit: Photo by Eternal ☼ Sunshine on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons It was raining the night I first kissed my husband. The wind was hissing and howling through the bare branches of the trees, rattling the last of the dead leaves still clinging to their posts. Before we kissed, we twined our hands [...]
The Power to Carry It Out
Comic courtesy of xkcd (I think this may be my favorite comic ever in the history of the world.) I (in my real life, pseudonymless state) have been participating recently in a book discussion with a group of friends online. And things have gotten heated. I have opinions. Other people have opinions. Other people have [...]
The Not Done List
Image credit: Photo by ^Sandra^ on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I had a really wonderful, productive day yesterday. I got the kids fed and clothed and to school on time. While they were in school, I: did all the dishes washed and dried a load of laundry got some good writing work done meditated [...]
Apparently I’m a Diva
Photo credit: Photo byDeepfreeze on Flickr I have temporary access to a borrowed PC, and I am finding that I cannot write on it. The keyboard doesn't feel right and the default fonts are all funny and everything just seems wrong. So, in spite of the fact that I theoretically have the tools to finish [...]
Offline
Photo credit: Photo byjaybowalkin on Flickr MPJ is experiencing technical difficulties.* Please stand by. *Let's just say that the difficulties were caused by an incident involving a precariously placed laptop and two overtired kids. Sigh! Mama will be back as soon as she has reliable access to a working computer again. (Trust me, Mama can't [...]
