November 17, 2009

Bayfront Baby Place (oh, mah uterus)

Exactly one year ago, I headed home from labor and delivery in early labor, disappointed at being sent home. They gave me something to help me sleep and I did, through most of the day. I got up, drove my then two-year-old to my parents house to spend the night there. I had some [...]

November 16, 2009

rambling uncomfortable thoughts on social media, part eleventy billion

I’m going to admit something here because I’m pretty sure others feel the same:

When people who bug me go on sponsored trips or act as brand ambassadors, I end up feeling irrationally annoyed toward the companies they’re representing.

I may even become less likely to purchase that product.

It isn’t about jealousy [...]

November 15, 2009

My boner manifesto. (And by my boner, I mean my imagination. Obviously.)

Last night I did a radical thing. I walked over to the bookshelf in our “grownup room” and grabbed my favorite novel, Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner. I hadn’t opened it in over five years. I sat down on my glider and feathered the pages. I began reading.

My weekly diet of Top Chef and [...]