I’m warning you, folks: my dander is up. One week ago the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team set the Division I college basketball record for consecutive victories with their 89th win in a row. 89 straight wins! Much was made in the media about whether the UConn women’s win streak can really compare to [...]
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So I know a lot of you are taking some time off to be with family and friends over the Christmas holiday. And I also know that grown-ups aren’t really supposed to make a big deal about their birthdays. But the kid inside of me – and, okay, maybe the grown-up part too – wants [...]
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Don’t tell Husband, but I’ve been sleeping with another guy. My paramour is about 2’6″ and 27 lbs. He doesn’t speak in complete sentences and he can’t yet cut up his own food, but he’s very easy on the eyes and he likes to cuddle. Allow me to explain. You see, my parents were in [...]
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I know lots of women – and a few men – who have issues surrounding food. But I’ve never really been one of them. That fact, I suspect, is, like most things: a combination of luck and choices. Luck in that I come from good metabolic stock: tall, slim people for whom most sins of [...]
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Regular readers of Motherese know by now that I want to be a writer when I grow up. But what kind of writer do I want to be? As much as I love to read fiction, I can’t imagine myself writing it. As for straight journalism? I usually inject too much of myself into my [...]
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Life has been busier than usual here – I suspect you can relate? – and I’ve been finding time and opportunities to write harder to come by. I’ve also been lacking the inspiration to turn my thoughts into type. Sure, my mind is racing as quickly as ever, chasing ideas into well worn pockets in [...]
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Over the past few days I’ve read two items that have stopped me in my fleece slipper-clad tracks. My good pal (and talented author of the food blog, Meals Quotidian) Nathan drew my attention last week to a snippet from Andrew Sullivan’s “Daily Dish” at The Atlantic, which, in turn, drew my attention to a [...]
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