February 2012
2 posts
January 2012
17 posts
Growing Up...
My best friend and his wife are expecting. It was a surprise, but they’ll be great parents. Love them! Congrats JBL :)
“If you want to represent this country, you have to represent everybody. Its...”
– Cassie Martin
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December 2011
11 posts
November 2011
5 posts
A Musing on Mississippi
Good. I don’t have to deny that Mississippi is a state now that they rejected the proposed amendment to define a fertilized human egg as a person. The broad and troubling ethical implications of this amendment were too much of a burden to bear. As well, for those of you out there who complain that the progressives are trying to take away all of our freedoms, what about the far right fringe...
Just a normal family.
Me: I don't know where I learned about it. I remember when I was like 8, Mom showed me a video and I already knew everything.
Dad: What do you mean a video? Like what? A porn?
Me: Yeah, Dad. Anal Assholes 9.
(Dad, disgusted and disappointed with his daughter, shakes his head as I laugh and laugh and laugh. 5 hours later, over dinner, he tried to get back at me.)
Dad: Do you remember when we saw Patch Adams when you were 10 and after Robin Williams asks everyone if they like to masturbate, you asked me what masturbate meant?
Me: Ugh, vaguely.
Dad: And then did you know that after you got your period for the first time, and you told your mother not to tell me --
Me: NO.
Dad: SHE TOLD ME.
ME: I FUCKING KNEW IT.
October 2011
15 posts
Reasons I Will Adopt, or: How My Vagina Will... →
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
As a young adult brought up in a Midwestern middle-class family, I have never given much thought to where (or what for that matter) my food originated. The Omnivore’s Dilemma written by Michael Pollan masterfully illustrates the trials and tribulations our “food” goes through to reach our digestive systems. His writing bombards you with facts that scare the modern day consumer into wanting to...