I have a post about bullying up over at The DC Moms today! There should be a very basic rule in life that you don’t get rewarded for being a dick. Obviously, that rule does not exist, which is why…
Category: Uncategorized
Class Warfare
My new gig as an unemployed person leaves me a whole lot less time to peruse the news (ha! I’m a poet!). I catch headlines on the fly and hear snippets in passing rather than listening to CSPAN and MSNBC…
New DC Moms Post: HPV: Vaccine, Politics, and Reality
Hey y’all! Because I seem to be on a roll for writing more at other sites than my own, here’s another little linky-link to a piece I did on The DC Moms. I’m weighing in on the weird Bachmann-generated controversy…
The DC Moms: My Celeb Crush
Did you know that I have a long-standing crush on Henry Rollins? Did you know that I once went all fangirl and wrote him a letter? And he wrote back? Read all about it at The DC Moms today!
(Lazy) Dog Days
Hi y’all. I know I’ve been conspiculously absent from blogging the past couple of weeks. This is due to a combination of factors. First there’s world events: nothing truly mockable is happening. Sure, Rick Perry is a tremendous douche and…
Fundraiser! St. Baldricks Foundation
This is Emily. Emily is engaged to C. What? Three year olds can be engaged. It happens when their mothers grew up together and then have babies a week apart. We arranged their marriage the day C was born. And…
A Little Something New
I’m very proud to announce that I will now be having a weekly column on the Washington Times Communities Website! The column will be called So Here’s the Thing and it launched today! This will be a place where I…
Independence
So. (Yes. I do actually begin sentences that I speak aloud by saying “So” emphatically then pausing for effect. Don’t you wish you were my friend?) So. I have declared my personal independence. From my job. I turned in my…
Living Tradition
I just saw this quote from Newt Gingrich and it’s bothering me. “Obama is the most serious radical threat to traditional America ever to occupy the White House.” — Newt Gingrich, quoted in a new book, Subversion Inc., as reported…
Writers Block
I have the worst case of writer’s block. It’s like the sections of my brain given over to words have been filled with oatmeal instead of ideas. I can’t get into reading anything either because anything having to do with…
