Fictional Pet Peeves

Dec 22, 2010

The other day I was over at a book blog, Loving Books, and the blog author was having a conversation about literary pet peeves. Her...

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Dumb Shit To Worry About

May 1, 2010

The dumbest stuff I see on the Internet and TV is obviously created by people with too much time on their hands and no real problems...

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Bias? Really?

Oct 18, 2009

I was clicking through some news links a friend on Twitter sent me a couple of days back, and I came upon a headline that read:...

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Trashy Romance

Dec 31, 2008

You know, I was raised by a particularly intelligent woman.  And I’m not just saying that because she sometimes reads this blog...

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Spontaneity Gets Tougher

Oct 1, 2008

Remember how when you were 19 you could hop in a car and drive for 16 hours and arrive at your destination feeling maybe slightly...

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No hugging, dammit!

Nov 8, 2007

I thought this story was the perfect example of people who get so wrapped up in the rules of life that they completely throw common...

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Mommybloggers and Menstruation

Sep 17, 2007

WARNING: If you are a man, a mommyblogger, and/or of delicate nature, you may wish to avert your eyes now. In fact, I’m even...

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I’m Just Kidding….

Sep 11, 2007

I can’t stand it when people pretend to be nice when they’re not. You can spot these people easily on the Internet because...

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Parental Lies and BS

Aug 25, 2007

As kids we get told a lot of lies, and we don’t have the wherewithall to sift the BS from reality.  Of course, I’ve known...

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Day off for Citizenship

Aug 20, 2007

Today I have to study for my Britishness Test.  Which, erm, I take this afternoon.  I’m relying mostly on the fact that I like...

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