The Lily Pad
froggy
- Location
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Birthday
- June 07
- Title
- She Who Must Be Obeyed
- Company
- Yes please! Come on over. We'll have tea.
- Bio
- Mom, editor, writer, wife, traveler, dog owner, laundry wrangler, and superintendent of homework.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Sympathy for the Perpetrator
March 19, 2013 01:22PM - Poverty in Education
March 12, 2013 10:25AM - Hope for my Engineer
February 05, 2013 12:00PM - Gezelligheid
October 31, 2012 02:16AM - Hong Kong Journal: Typhoon!
June 29, 2012 10:29AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “This whole discussion
reminds me of Louisiana's
governor
Bobby Jindal
complaining…”
2:20AM - “Brilliant!!”
May 24, 2013 01:55AM - “This is a beautiful
piece. And yes, it's damned
hard to do,
to sit and wait
and n…”
May 22, 2013 02:04PM - “You get to feel however
you need to. End of story.
Don't let
anyone tell you
anyt…”
May 20, 2013 08:52PM - “This is a beautiful
essay, Joan, and as all your
writing
about your mother,
tinge…”
May 16, 2013 02:49PM
Froggy's Links
August 20, 2012 10:12PM
“And to think I never knew! Wow.”
About: The Vagina Fairy - a new moral tale
“And to think I never knew! Wow.”
About: The Vagina Fairy - a new moral tale
August 20, 2012 02:08PM
“Good for her! I'm waiting for the military to figure out how to deal with same sex marriage in all their official rules/regulations. Such as survivor's…”
About: Tammy Smith, Our First Openly Gay, Married Army General
“Good for her! I'm waiting for the military to figure out how to deal with same sex marriage in all their official rules/regulations. Such as survivor's…”
About: Tammy Smith, Our First Openly Gay, Married Army General
August 19, 2012 06:43PM
“This is beautiful, Mime. Thanks so much for giving me a lens to see my dreamy daughter through.”
About: Intentional Dementia...an adult advisory
“This is beautiful, Mime. Thanks so much for giving me a lens to see my dreamy daughter through.”
About: Intentional Dementia...an adult advisory
August 19, 2012 02:58PM
“I love this piece, Maureen. Sometimes in art we find ourselves. Good luck on your journey.”
About: Repurposing a canvas for this new life
“I love this piece, Maureen. Sometimes in art we find ourselves. Good luck on your journey.”
About: Repurposing a canvas for this new life
August 16, 2012 06:32PM
“I would say, have a chat with your stylist. If he or she is a good one, they'll help you to do what YOU want, not what he or she wants. My thinking wou…”
About: Slave to (Plastic g)Love: Color My Hair Until I Die?
“I would say, have a chat with your stylist. If he or she is a good one, they'll help you to do what YOU want, not what he or she wants. My thinking wou…”
About: Slave to (Plastic g)Love: Color My Hair Until I Die?
August 16, 2012 02:27PM
“Too funny! I live in the burbs, I have kids, and no, I have never had the urge to put these stickers on my car. I don't identify myself by my children'…”
About: Family Car Decals
“Too funny! I live in the burbs, I have kids, and no, I have never had the urge to put these stickers on my car. I don't identify myself by my children'…”
About: Family Car Decals
August 14, 2012 11:24PM
“Hey Jacob--thanks for what you do. This is a thankless task, trying to referee this creative bunch of, I don't know, maybe monkeys. Maybe housecats. Pr…”
About: An Earnest Plea
“Hey Jacob--thanks for what you do. This is a thankless task, trying to referee this creative bunch of, I don't know, maybe monkeys. Maybe housecats. Pr…”
About: An Earnest Plea
August 14, 2012 02:02AM
“You and me both, Maureen. You and me both. When I think about what I've accomplished in my professional life, that life that I live outside my home, awa…”
About: GOP Wants Me Barefoot and Pregnant
“You and me both, Maureen. You and me both. When I think about what I've accomplished in my professional life, that life that I live outside my home, awa…”
About: GOP Wants Me Barefoot and Pregnant
August 14, 2012 01:52AM
“Damn all of you! I keep reading and laughing and you made me wake up the dog. Is there a classification in the DSM for Waking One's Dog Up In The Night…”
About: Irrationally Malicious and Cronyistic Schadenfreude (redux)
“Damn all of you! I keep reading and laughing and you made me wake up the dog. Is there a classification in the DSM for Waking One's Dog Up In The Night…”
About: Irrationally Malicious and Cronyistic Schadenfreude (redux)
August 13, 2012 02:51AM
“And... my parents are old enough to remember the Depression, they remember life before the New Deal. They should know better. But they don't.”
About: Paul Ryan: The Gloves Are Off
“And... my parents are old enough to remember the Depression, they remember life before the New Deal. They should know better. But they don't.”
About: Paul Ryan: The Gloves Are Off
August 13, 2012 02:50AM
“Sagemerlin--you're not paranoid, you're right. The sad part, for me, is how many people there are like my parents who will vote for Romney/Ryan. They'r…”
About: Paul Ryan: The Gloves Are Off
“Sagemerlin--you're not paranoid, you're right. The sad part, for me, is how many people there are like my parents who will vote for Romney/Ryan. They'r…”
About: Paul Ryan: The Gloves Are Off
August 13, 2012 01:56AM
“Toritto, what boggles my mind is my own parents, and so many like them. Conservative small-town Catholics, not well educated, followers of anything the…”
About: The Randian
“Toritto, what boggles my mind is my own parents, and so many like them. Conservative small-town Catholics, not well educated, followers of anything the…”
About: The Randian
August 12, 2012 07:13PM
“You're in my heart, Joanie. Hugs and good thoughts, flying all the way across the country to you.”
About: Waiting
“You're in my heart, Joanie. Hugs and good thoughts, flying all the way across the country to you.”
About: Waiting
August 05, 2012 02:55AM
“I don't have any links. But I've seen a lot of these annoying things popping up all over other people's pages. And grandbabies! You do indeed have grand…”
About: Thanks Jeff Howe for WTF!!??
“I don't have any links. But I've seen a lot of these annoying things popping up all over other people's pages. And grandbabies! You do indeed have grand…”
About: Thanks Jeff Howe for WTF!!??
July 26, 2012 10:14PM
“Great piece. So I can console myself that as my local public school district is laying off teachers right and left, my children's one and only shot at…”
About: Mitt Romney’s $100M IRA: Gaming the System at Bain
“Great piece. So I can console myself that as my local public school district is laying off teachers right and left, my children's one and only shot at…”
About: Mitt Romney’s $100M IRA: Gaming the System at Bain
July 26, 2012 11:23AM
“Good for you. Excellent letter, and even better principles. I hope it has some kind of effect.”
About: My letter to the Boy Scouts returning my Eagle Scout medal
“Good for you. Excellent letter, and even better principles. I hope it has some kind of effect.”
About: My letter to the Boy Scouts returning my Eagle Scout medal
July 25, 2012 12:51PM
“I think Sally Ride was well within her rights to do exactly as she pleased with her personal life. At the time she was active in the space program, hom…”
About: Why did Sally Ride wait to come out posthumously?
“I think Sally Ride was well within her rights to do exactly as she pleased with her personal life. At the time she was active in the space program, hom…”
About: Why did Sally Ride wait to come out posthumously?
July 22, 2012 01:33AM
“I keep wondering. Is this really what they want? Norway on the one hand, Somalia on the other? And they'd choose Somalia? Really? Really? Wonder how gr…”
About: Sans Taxes
“I keep wondering. Is this really what they want? Norway on the one hand, Somalia on the other? And they'd choose Somalia? Really? Really? Wonder how gr…”
About: Sans Taxes
July 20, 2012 05:26PM
“I'm a mom. I didn't let my kids see PG-13 movies until they were 13. So in some sense, I agree. However, a movie theater is a public place. Questionable…”
About: Under Age Children Endure Mass Murder in Theatre
“I'm a mom. I didn't let my kids see PG-13 movies until they were 13. So in some sense, I agree. However, a movie theater is a public place. Questionable…”
About: Under Age Children Endure Mass Murder in Theatre
July 20, 2012 01:15PM
“My brother (who has a concealed weapons permit) posted to Facebook this morning about how it's sad that at least one person didn't fire back. How, exact…”
About: Colorado Sadness
“My brother (who has a concealed weapons permit) posted to Facebook this morning about how it's sad that at least one person didn't fire back. How, exact…”
About: Colorado Sadness
July 19, 2012 12:15PM
“As a mom who didn't have her son circumcised, I agree with the German government on this one. I'm sorry, but ancient religious rituals be damned, there…”
About: Is this the gravest threat to European Jews since 1945?
“As a mom who didn't have her son circumcised, I agree with the German government on this one. I'm sorry, but ancient religious rituals be damned, there…”
About: Is this the gravest threat to European Jews since 1945?
July 18, 2012 01:27AM
“I said "Buh-bye" to my high school boyfriend at the END of high school, when every other sane person does. I did not stay with him through fo…”
About: Contest: The Bainless Tool
“I said "Buh-bye" to my high school boyfriend at the END of high school, when every other sane person does. I did not stay with him through fo…”
About: Contest: The Bainless Tool
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