Mar 27

MS Senate’s Sneak Attack on Teens, Families

Planned Parenthood writes: Last week, we defeated the Child Protection Act (which was really a teen endangerment act) in the House, and now the Senate has put the language from that bill in as an amendment on another bill – HB 520. HB 520 punishes parents for having trusting relationships with their teens and pits […]

Mar 25

Signs You’ve Become a Complete Food Dork

Jackson got a Fresh Market, and we inspected it yesterday. I’d gotten spoiled by all the Whole Foods locations in Atlanta, and lamented not having access to sashimi grade fish, a bakery with real buttercream, European Butter, fresh mozz, etc. I wandered around in sensory overload, numbed by Easter Egg radishes, blown away that they, […]

Mar 21

Words Cannot Possibly Contain My Glee

But imagine this little post is peppered with rapid hand-flailing and exclamation points. Joss Whedon is making another musical. Joss Whedon is making another musical with Neil Patrick Harris. Joss Whedon is making a musical with Nathon Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris. Joss Whedon is making a short-form musical with Nathon Fillion and Neil Patrick […]

Mar 18

Migration

I decided to move the majority of my writing from LiveJournal to a proper blog because I disliked the idea of a company being able to censor my opinions, or topics that made their Board of Directors uncomfortable.  I, too, am uncomfortable, because I’ve had a LiveJournal account since 2001, and the thought of hauling […]

Mar 10

My 35th birthday is bound to scar me, so why not on my own terms?

In my twenties, I was too busy making a mess of my life to become terribly self-aware. I’ve been thinking about 35, and how I keep getting braver, wilder and gutsier as I age. I will probably have another one of those Birthday, Observed kind of weekends, because it’s likely that weekend will be swamped. […]