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First, and most importantly, a tip o’ the hat to to Broos Campbell for looping me into this “My Writing Process” blog relay. Broos is a spectacularly brilliant writer, having [...]

Vacation equals food to me. Sure, you get to go enjoy other cultures, see beautiful art and natural wonders, but what can we eat there? My vacation from the ole day job occurred last week. [...]

I don’t run like a girl. In actuality, I run more like a baby penguin with bad knees. (Do penguins have knees?) Running does not come easily for me. My Freshman year of high school, I was [...]

I try to own a t-shirt from everywhere I’ve lived, except Chicago. I’m working up to buying a Cubbies Tee, as soon as my current t-shirt surplus subsides. The CA tee I’m [...]

This all started when I noticed the the thinning fabric in the butt of my jeans . They’re not super expensive jeans, I got them at Charlotte Russe around 7 years ago. I’m actually [...]

We’re going to see The Conjuring today. I honestly don’t know why I’m doing this to myself. Seeing this movie is an especially bad idea for me for a few reasons. I’m [...]

As it happens, I didn’t plan well during our last grocery shopping trip. With the holidays in the middle of the week, I somehow over calculated the number of times we would eating at [...]

There are probably around a dozen books in my library that I either haven’t started or haven’t finished. It’s a shame, sort of. A few are loaners from family that I’ll get [...]

I judge. I hate that I judge, but still it doesn’t stop me from thinking stuff like “Your ass is too old for that checked knit ultra-mini-skirt.” or “If I was her trainer, [...]

I really wanted to choose my story about finally being okay with wearing glasses in public for best of FaN, but the column below needed to resurface because I can’t stop saying stupid [...]