A piece of string made its way into my oven, turning it into a machine for emitting smoke. I have a problem tooth that is about to turn into a dental misadventure form hell. On Thursday, I went to pick…
Author: Rebekah Kuschmider
I'm a mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by my political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
25 Things That Make Me Really Happy
The random things C says when he first wakes up in the morning Cadbury Caramel Eggs The cover of Synpathy for the Devil by Jane’s Addiction Finishing a level of Angry Birds Watching C and my nephew interact on Skype…
Grow. Up. America.
The House of Representatives is playing political football with National Public Radio today with a bill that would defund the federally supported broadcaster. It’s not a new idea but it’s gotten new life this year because NPR fired Juan Williams…
What I DON’T Watch
So, I guess there was another Bachelor finale. A guy proposed to a girl he picked out of a line-up, like a cross between the Moonlight Bunny Ranch and a Russian mail-order bride operation. And I guess she said yes…
I Kind Of Suck But You All Don’t
I’ve been doing this blogging thing for a little over a year now and it’s turned out to be nothing like I thought it was going to be. When I first jumped into this, I was going to be a…
Thanks for Nothing, Religious Conservatives
Last week, my state blew it. The legislature was within a mouse’s fart of passing a bill that would have given same-sex couples equal marriage recognition but, at the very last minute, the bill failed like Michelle Bachmann on a…
Earthquake and Tsunami Relief
Most of you know by now that an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan last night followed by a massive tsumani that is now moving through the Pacific and heading toward the west coast of the US. The situation continues to…
25 Things I Don’t Care About At All
I realize that this post seems silly and trivial in light of the earthquake that hit Japan overnight. I will soon be posting links to relief agencies you can support if you wish to help those affected. Meanwhile, here’s a…
This Week in WFT
Has everyone gone completely around the bend this week? It seems like everywhere I turn there’s a big, steaming pile of WTF on the sidewalk and I have to do fancy footwork to avoid stepping in it. And that’s without…
Mom Fail: When Analogies Attack
We live, conveniently enough, smack dab between two metro stations. One of them is older and contains the longest escalator in North America. It has only one slow, creaky elevator that people who are afraid of the longest escalator in…
