I’m nice and you’re nice. Okay, so that makes at least two of us. What do you do when the catty mom bloggers come to the cafeteria? Because, let’s face it, we’ve got cliques galore. We’ve got the memoir bloggers (the cool kids) and the coupon bloggers (chip on the ol’ shoulder) and the crafty [...]
Public transportation is wonderful. It’s good for the environment, and I recommend you take it whenever possible. However, I myself am a public transit veteran and thus I feel it is my duty to share with you a few no-nos to keep in mind when on the bus (or train). PLEASE DON’T: Eat sunflower seeds [...]
Over the course of a blogging career, there certain things that we will likely all encounter. Spam, for instance, is almost sure to find its way into your inbox. Similarly, it is almost inevitable that you will eventually get a comment that accuses you of being less than human. This comment will both hurt you [...]
We all have flaws. I know this. I accept this. I hope everyone can accept this in me. I hope you will all still be able to look at me, associate with me and not pelt me with refuse in the street when I come clean about my prejudice. THE QUALITY OF THE DECORATIONS MATTER, [...]
Every year, after the Thanksgiving dishes are cleared, our extended family takes the same poll. Every year, I’m voted down. I am apparently the only adult who thinks it is ridiculous to draw names and then sit around Christmas morning and exchange gift cards. I have warned my family that anyone getting me a gift [...]
You always remember your first. I was in Italy and was nervous, but a friend told me about her first time and I felt better. So, I opened up my Tampax tampon, put it in and went on my way. I spent the next several hours on a bus traveling through the Italian alps and every bump was like a punch in [...]
It has come to my attention that my ankle is trying to kill me. At first, I thought it was simply my own clumsiness that caused me to go careening through the air and onto the pavement at regular intervals. Yet after years of study, I’ve finally realized: my ankle has seceded from the union [...]
Dear Santa, I’ve got some seriously complicated feelings that I gotta get off my chest. Back in the day? You were the harbinger of Christmas, a jolly good man armed with a shit ton (it’s metric) of toys, and I believed, Santa. With every bit of my little, innocent heart. Then, virtually overnight, you became [...]
This isn’t a secret since I had it on my blog, but since Aiming Low has just a few (cough, cough) more readers than I do, I thought, why not share it here, too? This will also give you some ideas the next time you don’t have the exact greeting card to fit the occasion. [...]
Recently, I joined some colleagues for drinks. They were all men. I hadn’t seen many of these guys in a while and as I looked around the table, I noticed a common theme in their appearance. Every single one of them had noticeably gained weight. And I? I felt victorious.
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