Wednesday, September 01, 2010 My daughter, Margaret, started junior hi… I mean middle school three weeks ago. And while I’m correcting myself (which I find myself doing often now that she’s reached this age – not by choice – I might add) I should call her Meg – which she suddenly prefers. ANYWAY, Meg loves…
Month: December 2022
OMG! OMG! OMG!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Today was the release day of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins! I’m a HUGE fan of the Hunger Games trilogy and have been dying to read this. It’s going to be my reward tonight for writing this blog and calling all my girl scouts about a meeting Saturday (which, by the way,…
Leslie Langtry is an Idiot.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 I saw on the news today that this symbol, from your car’s dashboard is considered Idiot Proof – translation: Any Idiot can look at this and know immediately what is wrong with their car. And I didn’t come up with the phrase “Idiot Proof.” The automobile industry did. I now consider…
STIFF – It’s Not What You Think…
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 So, I’m reading this book by science writer, Mary Roach, called Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers. I know, so predictable… It is a very funny and engaging book. Roach writes about the different uses of human cadavers, from medical research, to organ donation, to testing the effects of weapons…