I'm a DC-area 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 any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
My latest So Here’s The Thing column is up at the Washington Times Communities! This week I’m pondering the dearth of female superheroes and why the female superheroes that we do see are under-dressed: Anyway, I’ve been immersed in the super world of superheroes for a few weeks now and something has really struck me: there are not enough female superheroes. As I read about Aquaman and Iron Man and Batman and so on I…
My latest So Here’s The Thing column is up at the Washington Times Communities page. This week I take on the forthcoming Leg playsets aimed at girls. I like that they’re less slutty than Bratz. Obviously, what the Lego people are doing is trying to get a foothold in a lucrative segment of the market: girls who play with toys. They feel like girls have been a minority of their customers and they want to…
I have a new So Here’s The Thing column up at the Washington Times Communities site! This week I’m waxing profound (snort) about how I haven’t heard ANY kind of holiday greeting so far this year. I’m afraid the Politically Correct war of the Holiday Greetings may be over and the greetings lost. Since then, I’ve been part of Team Happy Holidays when tossing about pleasantries unless I have direct personal knowledge of what holiday…
I have a new column up over at the Washington Times Communities today! (Amazing that I’m doing any writing at all given that my son’s desire to be 6 inches from me at all times, including while I clean the bathrooms, is crossing the line into stalker-ish behavior). It’s all about the Elf on the Shelf and how I think he’s creepy. You may have heard some of this from me a year ago but…
Y’all knew I had t weigh in on the Kardashian divorce news. Today’s So Here’s the Thing column over at the Washington Times Communities is all about that weirdness and marriage in general. And let’s face it, folks: we didn’t marry Prince or Princess Charming. We married frogs. Hot, sexy, smart, funny frogs who are great parents and partners but frogs nonetheless. And those frogs married frogs. None of us are the people we look…
My latest So Here’s The Thing column is up and running at the Washington Times Communities! I’m talking about skanktastic kids Halloween costumes. Sure, the girl’s section had the requisite witches, princesses, and superheroes but there were also “flirty” costumes which were just tweened-down versions of the “sexy” genre so popular among women who are old enough to make informed choices. I don’t know about you, but putting a ten-year-old in a “flirty” cop’s outfit…
Y’all! It’s that time of week again! My new So Here’s the Thing column is up and running at the Washington Times Communities site. This week I’m grouchy that the Westboro Baptist freaks make parents explain homophobia. I also talk about a crush I had on Christian Slater when I was 15. I know there are people out there who think homosexuality is a sin or they think it’s a choice. I’m not gonna go…
I have yet another So Here’s The Thing column up at the Washington Times Communities! I’m talking about the new Sarah Palin biography The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin by Joe McGinnis: Like, I say, I’m no Palin apologist. I can tick off half a dozen policy-related reasons not to vote for her and make a good case. I don’t have to resort to making the political equivalent of “yo momma” jokes to…
I have a new So Here’s The Thing column up over at the Washington Times Communities! I’m bagging on Kate Gosselin for bagging on people with “regular jobs”: Well. There you have it. Us regular-job types are falling short on providing the best for our kids. Yes, thanks to Kate’s trenchant insight, I realize that the co-op pre-school my son goes to, the shoes I picked up at DSW, and that cheeseburger at Five Guys…
My new So Here’s The Thing column is up over at the Washington Times Communities!It’s all about the “Jesus Harvest Seed” candy I saw last weekend. Never mind the mind-melting comic potential of a product called “Jesus Seeds”, the concept of Bible candy meant to be handed out to kids really, really bothers me. Actually, no. What bothers me is the idea hat someone might hand it out to my kid. Because I’m not Christian,…
