You know you’ll never do it. I won’t either. But if you’re looking for reasons to delete your Facebook account, here’s a few to ponder. (Note: it’s physically impossible to delete your account. Layers of pissed-off warning boxes jump at you when you try to leave and eventually Mark Zuckerberg–or it might be Jesse Eisenberg–will personallyContinue reading “Top 5 Reasons to Get Off Facebook”
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Book Reviews: Supernatural Turnings
I’ve always wanted to be a witch. There are many who believe I’ve accomplished that goal. I picture myself as an enchantress with beautiful red, curly tresses, casting spells and helping those in need. I’m a good witch, of course. In “A Discovery of Witches” by Deborah Harkness, a young college professor tries to surpress herContinue reading “Book Reviews: Supernatural Turnings”
Top 5 Reasons to Skip My Annual Exam
Each spring, along with flooding and allergies, I get to enjoy a Trip to My Gynecologist! I recently edured this annual event and have vowed to never go again. Here’s why: #1 The Awkward Hoo-Ha Examination: After I’ve stripped down to nothing and wrapped myself in a generic blue sheet, my doctor decides to makeContinue reading “Top 5 Reasons to Skip My Annual Exam”
Homemade Baked Goods = Abuse
My mom spent my childhood punishing me and my siblings. Store-bought cookies and Wonder Bread were treats from the Gods, but my mom did all of our baking. So instead of Oreos or Chips Ahoy cookies, we had to endure homemade chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles and gingersnaps. We were SO picked on. And we letContinue reading “Homemade Baked Goods = Abuse”
Book Review: Two Books With Strange Titles
“The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery is a collection of essays about beauty, art, life and movement wrapped around a heartbreakingly bittersweet story of acceptance, love and grace. In order to keep up her “expected” role as the dowdy, stupid concierge at an upper-class apartment building in Paris, the uber-intelligent Renee hides her love of music, art and literature.Continue reading “Book Review: Two Books With Strange Titles”
Funniest things at my nephew’s graduation
My nephew graduated from Murray High School last week (Go Spartans!) Since I’m also a Murray High grad, it was fun to sit through another graduation. (I’m TOTALLY lying. Graduations suck.) Anyway. I’m very proud of him, but his graduation had some definitely funny moments including: The girl who totally biffed it as she walked offContinue reading “Funniest things at my nephew’s graduation”
Top 5 Reasons I Won’t Vote for Mitt Romney
It’s official. Former Massachusetts governor, former Olympic savior, former presidential loser Mitt Romney is, once again, running for president. Sigh. Does EVERY republican have to run for president? Here are the Top 5 Reasons Why I Just Can’t Bring Myself to Vote for Boy Wonder: #1: He reminds me too much of Guy Smiley–the suave,Continue reading “Top 5 Reasons I Won’t Vote for Mitt Romney”
Book Reviews: An Orphan and a Teenage Girl
Oliver Twist Two or three times a year, I’ll dive into a literary classic. Often it’s Jane Austen or Mark Twain but this month was Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist“. Big fan of old Charles, I am. But I’d never read “Oliver Twist” and decided it was high time I did. A vast amount of swooning,Continue reading “Book Reviews: An Orphan and a Teenage Girl”
Sugary Goodness
My sugar addiction is well documented. As a child, my diet consisted of Sugar Pops, sugar cookies, Sugar Babies and sugar straight from the bowl. We lived in Murray, Utah, about a mile from a small store called Mr. G’s where I spent every waking moment perusing the candy aisles, deciding which sugar-filled candy item toContinue reading “Sugary Goodness”
Top 5 Reasons the World Didn’t End
Apocalypse Later You might have heard the world was supposed to end a few days ago. I think news of our demise was premature. But Harold Camping, the 89-year-old Christian leader who predicted world’s end, is nowhere to be found. Was he taken to heaven in the Rapture? Is he hiding out at Baskin-Robbins, eatingContinue reading “Top 5 Reasons the World Didn’t End”
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