April 2006

Paganism – I guess I just don’t get it. Maybe I never frollicked naked in a forest enough as a child or bathed in virgin moonbeams celebrating some feminest goddess for the concept to really sink in. This utter lack of understanding and resulting irreverance will doubtlessly cause my Affirmation of Womanhood card to be…

This is just a quick follow-up to the Muses post. You guys seriously crack me up. I have the most guilt ridden friends who read themselves too easily into that post. The private responses I received spanned the guilt gamut from earnestly apologizing to getting defensive. Only one person recognized it wasn’t them and then…

Remember when you were a kid and you got roped into selling things for your PTA, your band, your varsity team or your scouting group? You’d go door to door trying to hock things like oversized candy bars for a dollar – the kind of candy that tastes like cocoa flavored dirt and that anyone…

The other day I was heading home after another particularly non-stressful day. The drive home is fairly short and not in the least bit hectic thanks to getting to leave a bit early. There is one stretch, however, that tends to get a little more congested. The blocks are shorter and there’s a light every…

Some of you have asked why I’ve turned the comments section off on the main part of the website. The reason is that I want these posts to stand alone and not be open to discourse. I feel that once any post becomes fodder for banter between people that the original posts loses some of…

Canings – remember when that American graffiti artist decorated the car in Singapore? I think their justice system has something right. Now, I’m not going to write a little post about whether our justice system is about “punishment” or “rehabilitation”; I think the answer is obvious, but I don’t want to offend those of you…

My walking shorts took a dive this weekend just a couple of days before I was supposed to take them out for a good walk around the lake. That would be fine IF I could easily replace them, but you see I have a healthy sized tush so I need to find a healthy sized…