Emojicons – “…your one-stop plot of internet land for every ლ(╹◡╹ლ), ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, ಠ_ಠ, and (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ you can possibly imagine.” Pin Up: How Pinterest Hooks the Aspirational Housewife In All Of Us – This articulates something I’ve been thinking about Pinterest, but couldn’t quite find the words for. The Surprising Big Idea at TED: Turn … CONTINUE READING »
Easy The Lorax Truffula Tree Cupcakes
03/01/2012
I may or may not have mentioned this before, but my boyfriend Charlie is a baker. This explains, among other things, my exponentially expanding backside and, relatedly, the lo-carb diet I’ve had to consign myself to recently. But that’s beside the point, really. The point being that when I mentioned to him that I was … CONTINUE READING »
Who Gets Custody… of the Pets?
02/29/2012
When a long-term relationship or marriage ends, most custody arrangements rightly lean toward offering something like a 50/50 timeshare between parents. Of course sometimes negotiations between the parties involved collapse into messy, epic custody battles, with partners battling it out for more time or more visitation – one of the exes may even fight to … CONTINUE READING »
The Lorax Party at Blissdom: Everything My Daughter Hoped It Wouldn’t Be
02/28/2012
Which is to say, since she couldn’t be there she hoped it wouldn’t be awesome, BUT OMG IT SO WAS. (Sorry, kid. If it helps dull the pain, keep in mind that legally-speaking you *did* have school to attend that day.) (No? That makes it worse? Salt on the wound you say? Umm, OOPS?) The … CONTINUE READING »
Dr. Seuss Love, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Lorax As An Adult
02/23/2012
Last night I broke the news to my daughter I’m going to a Lorax The Movie party this weekend, while I’m away at the Blissdom conference in Nashville. My daughter was, understandably, totally and completely P.O.-ed about this. Her: “What?! Why do YOU get to go? YOU hadn’t even read The Lorax until last week.” … CONTINUE READING »
