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• The Giant Internet Till: Are You Giving?

  

  The prevalence of social media has borne a phenomenon with which I seem to be having a little trouble.  Everywhere you look, funds are being requested. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tricks Or Treats: Which Will You Choose?

  

  You all remember that house, as a kid, growing up? The one that gave you a Ziploc bag full of baby carrots for Halloween? Remember what happened? You stopped... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Hate the Playground

  

  I don’t usually take my kids to the playground. You see, there are three of them, and going out is hard. They play with each other most of the time, and it work... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Are You a Juicer?

  

  Two years ago, I attended a comedy show where one of the performers devoted a large part of his act to his penchant for finding electrical outlets out in... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Macy’s Culinary Council Presents Ming Tsai and Simply Ming in Your Kitchen

  

  As you all may know, I’m a PBS geek from way back. Like, way back when TVs had knobs. My dad and I used to watch The French Chef, Lidia’s Italy, and Simply... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eight Useless Uses of the Hashtag

  

  hashtag (Photo credit: danielmoyle)Hashtags have been around for a while now. When I started out on Twitter, in 2011, I recall a certain apprehension about usin... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• ChopChop by Sally Sampson: Where Have You Been All My Life?

  Recently, I had the outrageous fortune of receiving one of the best resources I’ve come across since having children (pregnancy calendars notwithstanding), and... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Discussing Gender-Neutral Parenting at HuffPost Live Today!

  I wrote the post The Purse, back in May, as a way of working through my gut reactions to observing my two-year-old son playing with his sister’s toy purse. My... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Are the Sunshine

  Have you ever noticed that when something’s not quite right with the mother of a family, the rest of the family gets thrown off balance as well? Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Told My Husband I Wanted to Go Back to Work, and He Said No

  Last night, my husband and I got into an argument.I was watching a documentary discussing the application of a community practice the Maori tribe of New... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Two Tacos and a Dream: On the Love (and Hate) of Parenting

  I’ve been hoping to put an end to the Era of Takeout that’s been stalled over our house for the past two years. There haven’t been many family adventures we’ve... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• If It Were 200 Years Ago…

  Having been sick over the past eight days has made me realize a sobering fact: If it were two hundred years ago, I’d probably be dead.Whoa, you say. That’s... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The BlogHer ’13 Roommate Code of Ethics

  So, I broke down this year and got myself a roommate. I’m actually more excited about this than having a single room for some reason. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Modern-Day Role Model: Fame, Fortune, and Fearlessness

  New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez is twenty-three years old. Prior to beginning his journey with the Patriots, he had a bit of a history – a criminal record,... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Life Cycle of Branding

  I’m poking in quickly today, in the midst of frantically trying to tack down housing in a new state, to present you a few good reads on the topic of branding. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Burtontown Press Release

  

  s_bukley / Shutterstock.comAfter years of research, development, and lost limbs, acclaimed writer, director, and producer Tim Burton is delighted to announce th... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Putting My Big Girl Panties On: It’s Getting Real Up in Here

  Since I’ve been blogging publicly, there have been a few instances in which I’ve discussed the need to put on my figurative Big Girl Panties. The issues have... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The 5 Worst TV Shows I’ve Ever Loved

  

  Television’s a funny thing, isn’t it? It can motivate, inspire, teach, entertain, and infuriate. Trends will come and go, but one thing is certain: We love bad... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Purse

  

  I bought my daughter a ‘My First Purse’ for Christmas, complete with ‘lipstick’, a mirror, a ‘cell phone’, and keys.A few mornings ago, I watched as her twin... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Tropical Contact High. Or Not.

  It all started the day I sent my husband to the warehouse store. Sure, he’d been to the warehouse store alone many times. I was never worried anything would go... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION