Body Issue Talk(or, Why I Can’t Date Latino Men Anymore, Reason #421)The other day at my day job, I walked to the elevator and saw this guy who sometimes works contract for us, who I haven’t seen in a long time. Who is latino. Of whom I am wary, […] Continue Reading…
surprise in the mailI stopped by my mailbox after work and pulled out a package that’d been wedged in among the bills, coupons, and previous homeowner’s American Girl doll catalogs.My first kids’ book! Growing Up with Tamales. It’s way, way more beautiful than I was expecting, thanks mainly to […] Continue Reading…
Oh, here’s a good cliched post topic — New Year’s resolutions! 1. Write a bunch of stuff.I have so much stuff to write, I feel guilty sitting here writing this blog entry. I have so much stuff I’m contractually obliged to write this year, I’m probably going to use […] Continue Reading…
LinkelodeonTom Cruise promotes Scientology in a scary way, in a video that is apparently exclusive to Gawker right now. (Remind me to post later about my varied experiences with cult members.)I didn’t want to let this happen again, but I’m addicted to American Gladiators. And so are my kids. […] Continue Reading…
Life SkillsWhen I was in third grade at Roosevelt Elementary School, we had a very good teacher named Mrs. Dorothea Terry. Ms. Terry taught us a lot of important things outside the normal, Houston Independent School District sanctioned curriculum. I remember that whenever she had to discuss anything delicate […] Continue Reading…
There was bad news, too.I went to court to finalize the arrangements for my middle son, Dallas, to go live [elsewhere] for the semester. And then, [magically, in a process I’m not supposed to describe in detail], my child support got reduced to nothing. And that wouldn’t have bothered […] Continue Reading…
Happy 2008Did you have a good New Year’s Eve? We did. My boyfriend Tad and his friends threw a party. At first, no one RSVPed on our Evite, because they all had clubs or hotel parties to attend. So we assumed it’d just be our core group of four […] Continue Reading…
afterwardsI went to Flickr, was disappointed that no one’s posted many xmas photos, then reminded myself that I haven’t posted any, either.Our Christmas went really well. Hope yours did, too. We baked. A while back, my youngest son Rory, now 10, had found some retro recipe for cookies shaped […] Continue Reading…
Thoughts on Fictional AspergersThere are two fictional characters I suspect of having Asperger’s Syndrome, whether or not the actors were consciously portraying them that way:1. Napoleon Dynamite.2. Bill Haverchuck of Freaks and Geeks.Or maybe I’m just projecting that onto them because I like those characters, and one of my […] Continue Reading…
