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 about HPV vaccines. There are a lot of myths, prejudices and fears being passed around [...]

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!

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 Michele Bachmann couldn’t find a coherent thought with two hands and a flashlight but that’s [...]

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 don’t tell me one of them could be gay. They’re still getting married. The other [...]

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 talk about my new adventures as a stay at home mom plus more of my [...]

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 notice last week and now I’m winding my way through a last few weeks of [...]

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 by the American Spectator. Ok, usually, I have to give a lot of credit to [...]

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 words is such a mental slog.  I keep waiting for everything to shake loose so [...]

The head football coach of my graduate school alma mater has resigned in disgrace. Jim Tressel tendered his resignation to the Ohio State University this week after investigation by the NCAA and penalities from the school for covering up misconduct by several players. The story is simple in its facts but complicated in its implications. [...]

Everyone and their brother is bitching about the price of gas these days. I’ve heard a bunch of theories for why gas is as expensive as it is. It’s Obama’s fault for bombing Libya. It’s Obama’s fault for not allowing new US drilling. It’s Obama’s fault for wearing a yellow tie that one time. It’s [...]