I’m pretty sure this is what it feels like to be a tortured artist because I have a sudden urge to cut off my ear and mail it to Oprah. Except I’m not sure if she’s still accepting fan mail now that her OWN network has had budget cuts. My ear would probably just end [...]
Sweet Baby Jeesus, I hate a preachy post about politics and religion. If you’re new to me (WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?), you’ll need to know that I’m a bleeding heart liberal who drank the Obama Kool-Aid and wants people to be healthy and happy. I like money when I have it, but I hate money [...]
If I’m getting all political up in this space, you know I’m serious. And when I get serious, you best watch yourself. There’s only a few things in this world that gets my passions burning, and aside from wronging my children, a twinkly vampire throwing me around our honeymoon suite, or taking away my TV [...]
In my defense of public school teachers, I’m starting a multi-part series on just what teachers do. What DOES a teacher do when they’re teaching school? As a “retired” public elementary school teacher with a Masters Degree* in Elementary Education, I’m here to expand your brains. With the teacher pay budget-cutting goings on in Wisconsin, [...]
This is a true story adapted for you by my imagination: Scene College boy walks into his neighborhood bakery. Small Town/Big City, USA College Boy “Hello, fine bakery establishment owner! I’d like to order a whole bunch of cupcakes from you, my local bakery, because I like to support small local businesses” Man Bakery Owner [...]