My Corset Needs Loosening, TooIf we were in the Victorian age, I would suffer from a nervous temperament.I say that because I have a slight hormonal imbalance, hypoglycemia that sometimes manifests as panic attacks, and jacked-up PMS here in the 21st century.The good thing about the 21st century is […] Continue Reading…
200 School Buses… to Where?I agree that Mayor Nagin doesn’t seem like the absolute sharpest tool in the drawer. But why do people keep asking him about the “200 drowned school buses”?Let’s say Nagin had force-evacuated all his people onto the 200 school buses a full 24 hours ahead […] Continue Reading…
Loss of a Nostalgic LandmarkAstroworld is closing. For good. Man.Every GenXer who grew up in Houston has fond memories of the theme park known as Astroworld. We used to go there on fieldtrips when our attendance was good. Kids fell in love at Astroworld. Kids conquered their fears. This […] Continue Reading…
ClutzThis morning, on the way out to our car, while carrying my purse, my laptop case, and my keys, I stepped into a hole that I should have remembered was in the grassy slope near our parking space, and fell on my butt. Well, more like on my knee […] Continue Reading…
Emotional SwirlOf course, everyone here in Houston is talking about the Katrina survivors all the time. Everybody’s either helping out, or bitching. Or, most likely, both. Stories are circulating. Via email forward, legends get born. Now is the time to clear out all the stuff you were going to […] Continue Reading…
Sweater SweatI hate it when I’m freezing to death at work, so I put on my Work Sweater (which makes me look like the White Queen in Through the Looking Glass) and then I work really hard for a while and don’t notice that the air has warmed until […] Continue Reading…
Reason #256 to Love TadFor about two months, I had a new, unassembled metal shoe rack in its box, in my bedroom. On the floor. In the way.One day a few weeks ago, I finally broke down and asked my boyfriend, whose pseudonym is Tad, to please assemble the […] Continue Reading…
Mean KatrinaIf you want, you can donate some money to the Houston Red Cross so that they can continue to help out Hurricane Katrina refugees.Today my son’s class will welcome a girl from New Orleans. The teacher told them yesterday. They’re pretty excited about that. I have to give […] Continue Reading…
Sick AgainThat is the name of a Led Zeppelin song, as well as my current condition.When my doctor handed me my prescription and said, “You may experience nausea with these,” I believed it as much as I believe the side-effects listing on any random bottle of pills.Then, I went […] Continue Reading…
One of the Reasons Not to Get MarriedBecause, after you get divorced, no matter how many times you take your ex-husband to court and have a judge threaten to throw him in jail, he still won’t pay his child support. I swear, he totally won’t. A month after you […] Continue Reading…
