I immediately felt remorse after posting Taking Candy from Babies because I feared I would offend some people whom I love dearly. I do not regret sending the message that refined sugar is simply terrible for our children and that as a society, we’re not monitoring it as closely as we should be. I do regret the choice to attack. Its not exactly [...]
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Writing out of Anger
Posted in Writing, tagged anger, Writing, writing about food on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
what the hell is a meadow frolic anyway?
Posted in Midlife Chronicles, Writing, tagged blog, midlife crisis, Writing on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not having a midlife crisis. But I must confess that I am currently not frolicking in any meadows. Mostly because there is 2 feet of ugly, slushy, dirty snow on the ground with another 6″ in the way. This winter sucks ass.
Anyway, I am taking suggestions for a new title. Something that suggests midlife [...]
Mental Masturbation
Posted in Writing, tagged blogging, masturbation, thoughts, Writing on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I received an email from a friend today in which she stated, “I can’t see why-in-the-world 99.99% of blogs exist – total mental masturbation”.
She obviously doesn’t know I started a blog. I doubt that knowledge would keep her from sharing her views anyway, she’s refreshingly honest. But I was really grateful to her for the excellent title. This won’t be [...]
Welcome to it….
Posted in Midlife Chronicles, Writing, tagged children, family, marriage, mental health, nutrition on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since I was little, I have loved to write. I am not the best writer on the block, but I seriously enjoy doing it. I was the only graduate student in my Masters program who was pissed that we had comprehensive exams with no option to write a thesis. I was the student who [...]
The Strength to Learn
Posted in Cultural Commentary, Writing, tagged debate, the art of debate on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t engage in deep political discussions too often because, basically, I don’t want to look stupid. I’m not a buffoon; I can generally speak to the current state of affairs and have a good idea where I stand on most issues and why. But when trying to follow conversations with political analysis prodigies who can drop names, [...]
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