Rejection encore.
Oh foot fungus, Oh blast, Oh bother, Oh BU admissions officer – You Bitch…
There. That’s better. Now I’ll explain.
Yesterday I finally got around to fetching the mail. After receiving my rejection from BU’s writing workshop back in April, I’ve grown a little lazy about the mail. Days and days go by, the mailman patiently [...]
Shredding oranges
While eating dinner with My Better Half last night, I casually mentioned last week’s Yahoo article that reports a SAHM’s worth at close to $138K annually. I gave it as flippant a mention as one who is currently waging a war with her spouse about feeling completely under appreciated and taken for granted can [...]
Oh damn, the best laid plans and all that…as I dug around in the pockets of G’s backpack to retrieve her sweet little pink headband now slightly dingy from riding around in her book bag for a week, several stones from the driveway and yesterday’s breakfast bar still in its wrapper but crushed into [...]
one size does not fit all
Leslie Bennetts’ book “The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?” has finally penetrated my brain. I’ve been trying hard to ignore the storm around this book. But today it just proved impossible to shut it out any longer. (Forgive me, I know I’m late to this party but sometimes I can’t help [...]
dashed hopes, demolished dreams
Now what cruel god has decided to tear my heart out with this e-mail? Check out this gem of an offer I found in my Inbox last night.
Dear CCE and her lovely and intelligent business partner,
Blaine from our Knoxville office forwarded me your info.
We are currently casting hosts for a new home improvement [...]
the former belle of east st. louis
A University of Maryland study issued a few weeks back, finds that today’s mothers are doing a better job parenting than the mothers of years’ past, including the mothers of the June Cleaver era. So stick that up your cookie baking arse, Barbara Billingsley. And wrap that perfect string of pearls around your “former belle [...]
do tell…
So I’m hearing a lot about author Sara Davidson’s new book, Leap: What Will We Do With the Rest of Our Lives? which I haven’t read but did hear her talk about on NPR’s On Point a few weeks ago. (Imagine me up on a ladder applying Benjamin Moore Satin Impervo White Linen paint to [...]
careers I’ve tried on like pointy toed pumps, uncomfortable!!!
Assistant Editor at glossy magazine
Newspaper reporter for a very bad daily
Account executive at young ad agency on South Beach that has since imploded due to an overdose of its own cool
Landscape designer to incredibly uncool clientele. The service industry is a drag.
