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Your Chair is Killing You

May 11, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Bodies

[Mild trigger warning for discussion of exercise and weight loss/gain] I will readily admit that for the first 30 or so years of my life, I was super lazy. When I was 16, working my first job, my 50-something regional manager, an avid runner, would complain that she used to be able to run two miles a few times a week to stay in shape; now she had to run ten to get the same results. My teenage brain translated this into, “If you start working out now, you’re only going to screw yourself later.” Read the rest of this entry →

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Just Say Thank You!! Argh!!

May 4, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Life

My husband can be a bit of a pill about some things. And by pill, I mean words that are more fitting for after the jump, so here we go. Read the rest of this entry →

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Commuting = Rage Blackouts

April 27, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Life

I am a pretty easy-going person (the laughter you hear across the nation would be how loud my friends and family members are guffawing about that claim right now), but contrary to popular belief, it’s true. Even commuting has been a relatively stress-free situation for me on the whole, and I have been doing it for over 10 years. Lately, though, it is growing increasingly difficult not to rear-end people or scream at bad drivers all up and down the highway. Read the rest of this entry →

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Organizational Porn

April 20, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Life

I admit that I am addicted to house porn while being simultaneously nauseated by the term “house porn.” When some people are bored, they go searching the web for naked pictures; I go on hunts for new ways to make my life more organized and fancy without breaking the bank. Yes, I love pretty, pretty things, but I am also cheap as hell. Read the rest of this entry →

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Organize Your Life (or at the Very Least, Some Stuff)

April 13, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Life

Oh, spring cleaning, you are a pain in my ass. Just when I think I can ignore your siren call, some cluttered corner of my life screams out for me to deal with it, if for no other reason that to not create tumbling piles of crap when I move one piece of precariously perched paper.  Read the rest of this entry →

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An Ideal Life

April 6, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Life

I was recently talking with a friend about how his therapy sessions had been going. He told me that his therapist asked him to complete some homework; he was to figure out and write down what his life would look like if he could have it exactly the way he wanted it. On its face, that might not seem that challenging, but when one really starts thinking about it, it is such a deep question, no? Read the rest of this entry →

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Neon, How I Love Thee

March 16, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Life

I don’t know what is going on with me, all, but I am currently fixated on accumulating ALL THE NEON THINGS!

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Rachel Maddow- Even More Bad Ass Than Previously Known

March 2, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Life

Rachel Maddow was given the Steinbeck Award last weekend and I was there to see it. That’s right, y’all, I was in the same room, and later, within mere feet of one of the most awesome ladies on television, in the news, and let’s be perfectly honest here, the whole planet. Jealous? Read the rest of this entry →

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Turning the Other Cheek

February 24, 2012 at 2:00 pm in Life

I recently cut my hair short. As many ladies who have had the audacity to cut their long hair can attest to, many gentlemen feel free to express their displeasure at such an endeavor. This tends to be one of those things that enrages me. Read the rest of this entry →

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Unspoken Expectations, or, the Story of Things That Bite You in the Ass

February 17, 2012 at 2:00 pm in Life

Be honest—who was disappointed in what their partner did (or did not do) for Valentine’s Day?

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I’m Allergic to Paying Full Price

February 10, 2012 at 2:00 pm in Life

I come from a long line of bargain hunters. I have been able to find the clearance aisle of a store since I was able to walk. I cannot go to Target without walking up the backsides of every aisle, eyes peeled for the tell-tale red sticker.

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Cheap Items to Make Your Life a Little Easier

February 3, 2012 at 2:00 pm in Life

It seems there is an unending array of items designed to help us be as lazy as humanly possible. Late night infomercials inundate us with the latest gadgets; some make you want to immediately pick up the phone as you wonder how you ever lived without such a fascinating and useful product, shipping and handling charges be damned; others make you wonder who on earth ever thought that was a necessary invention. Read the rest of this entry →

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Gift Guide: For the Bleeding Hearts

January 27, 2012 at 2:00 pm in Gift Guide

I did a number of gift guides around the holidays, but due to some unfortunate personal stuff, had to abandon the project before I was able to finish. The one I was most looking forward to – Gifts for the Bleeding Heart Feminist Killjoys – did not make it to print, and for that I am extremely apologetic. In an effort to atone, I submit the following to use for gifts you may need to purchase throughout the year for your favorite commie-pinko-liberal-who-ruins-everything (a club of which I am a proud member). Read the rest of this entry →

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My Dog Is Insatiable

January 20, 2012 at 2:00 pm in Life, Uncategorized

I have written about the various trials and tribulations my animals have presented me with a number of times on this site.* I actually wrote about the earliest onset of our current doggy conundrum here: I Think We Broke the Dog | Persephone Magazine. While we thought it was a temporary fascination, it has become clear that it is not a passing fancy. Our dog is insatiable. Read the rest of this entry →

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The Other People Who Raise Us

January 13, 2012 at 2:00 pm in Life

I am a very lucky woman. My mother is a freaking saint, filled with the patience, love, and support that is almost mythical in it’s awesomeness. I could go on for days about how I have the best mommy in the whole wide world, but that is for a different article. The people I am referring to here are the other people who raise us, the ones who come into our lives early or later on that shape our thinking and lives in ways that are different from our actual parents.

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