As I cannot put a photo in a comment, I must respond here to Foolish Monkey's excellent post (http://open.salon.com/blog/nofrillsmonkey/2012/05/04/tittyplatters-girlywomen_god_save_the_queen_from_stilettos)

First, I often love me some stilettos.  But only for occasions and yeah they hurt but I t… Read full post »

Have you ever noticed

When you've got someone's back

It means you

Are

The nearest person to get shit on?

I made a proclamation duirng the week leading up to the playoff game between the 49ers and the Saints - if the Niners won, I'd make cioppino for the NFC Championship game, and serve it with sourdough, SF Beer and Napa wine.  (LOTS of wine was needed to wash down the… Read full post »

Sally Swift posted earlier today about the inadequacies of pain charts.

 A better pain chart exists, courtesy of Allie Brosh and her fantastic blog  Hyperbole and a Half.

0:  Hi.  I am not experiencing any pain at all.  I don't know why… Read full post »

This is going to start out sounding like I agree with Newt (and, worse, disagree with Tinkypie).  Don't get mad and leave because of that - just keep reading!

There are a number of kids who do indeed have poor work habits, because they've never been fortunate enough to be in a situatio… Read full post »

I tried to be polite and leave this for a current Portlander.  But day after day, I see no love for the greatest bookstore on the planet.  Probably beyond this planet, as well.

Powell's City of Books.  You get a MAP when you enter the front door.  Did yo know yo… Read full post »

Leaving 

 You first saw me as a bright green bud of potential

As a green youth, I blew with the winds of change,
precariously hanging on

Now, too soon, winter befalls

But before I go,
I will blaze in the glory you always knew was inside

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Today you are twenty.  I can't say I remember the day you were born because despite the revisionist history of your birth certificate, I was 2000 miles away.

How I wish I could have been there from the beginning!  My heart is gripped by a vice of anguish when I… Read full post »

Maybe I'm too fussy - but SIX errors on the Cover?  Is that the image Open Salon wants to portray? 

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Sometimes it's good to have a reminder of how beautiful this country is, and what a good thing we all do by devoting resources to protecting these wild areas.

Kings Canyon is part of Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, in central California.  It is one of the deepest canyons in the… Read full post »

Greenheron's Cancer Bitch post today is superior to anything swirling around in my brain these days.  Read her and learn.

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This is the fourth in a series – see Introduction, Lesson 1, and Lesson 2.

In our last lesson, we discussed that the first step in getting what you want was figuring out what you want, and then introducing reality into those desires. There were some interesting comments, but I’d like… Read full post »

Mr. H and I have moved many times before,… Read full post »

I've been trying to post this all day...

Sorry for my extended absence of posting.  I'll probably do a non-bitch post to let you know what I've been up to.

This is the third post in an ongoing series.  If you're just joining us, you might also want to read the Introduction… Read full post »

If you’re thinking, “but I’m not a bitch at all,” you are in the right place! This post is Lesson One in the Series "How to Be a Bitch."  To read the Introduction, go here:  HTBAB: Introduction. 

We want to create good bitches.  What is a good b/… Read full post »

I’m a red-headed, left-handed Taurus.  Fuck with me or mine at your own risk.  I can also be kind, generous, thoughtful, brilliant and think “cat hugging kitten” is the best thing on the internet – but when it’s needed, I can really be a bitch.

Sometimes being/… Read full post »

This is a response to Wayne Gallant's writing challenge.

Baby Gap, 1993.   A moment of joy.  Too soon, I thought.  Reckless.  It didn’t really matter, anything else I’d accomplished, matching sperm to egg made me a rock star ten times over.  They gushed at me… Read full post »