mamakaze
- Location
- Canada
- Birthday
- April 29
- Bio
- As a kid, I wanted to be a doctor. "If you can see yourself doing anything else, do that," people told me very helpfully. Having been home schooled for 12 years, it never occurred to me to question authority. So I became a journalist instead, and was given the same career advice (but far, far less money than a doctor might have made. Thanks, guys.). After enduring a spectacularly mediocre five years in journalism, I dropped that -- and my premed courses -- and Became a Mommy. Luckily for my children, there are significant safeguards in place to prevent people from abandoning this particular career, so they're stuck with me. And now that I have an Open Salon blog, so are you. Ha!
MY RECENT POSTS
- Lschmoopie's Open Call: My
"Writing" Space
January 02, 2011 03:57PM - My glorious 20 minutes as a
quadriplegic
December 02, 2010 10:27PM - Soy formula as a cornbread
ingredient (& other tales of
woe)
November 24, 2010 01:25AM - Things that go through your
mind when you're hit by a semi
November 18, 2010 06:04PM - The Slow Kid
November 12, 2010 02:59AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Great post, Cranky. And
Linda is right -- those who
don't
know who Don Cherry
is…”
June 17, 2011 01:08PM - “Delightful!!”
March 06, 2011 01:53PM - “Let go of the mommy
guilt! Big Pharma isn't always
the answer
-- but sometimes
it…”
March 05, 2011 08:45PM - “Thanks for the giggles,
Linda! I'm glad I read this at
night;
it will save me
tim…”
March 05, 2011 01:22AM - “Sorry, I don't buy that
Charlie Sheen wrote this.
Where are
the hookers?!”
February 26, 2011 08:51PM
Mamakaze's Links
June 17, 2011 01:08PM
“Great post, Cranky. And Linda is right -- those who don't know who Don Cherry is are missing out! I may not watch every hockey game during the regular…”
About: I'd Almost Forgotten I Like Hockey
“Great post, Cranky. And Linda is right -- those who don't know who Don Cherry is are missing out! I may not watch every hockey game during the regular…”
About: I'd Almost Forgotten I Like Hockey
March 05, 2011 08:45PM
“Let go of the mommy guilt! Big Pharma isn't always the answer -- but sometimes it is! I felt similarly conflicted about putting my kindergartener on AD…”
About: My Daughter is on Zoloft
“Let go of the mommy guilt! Big Pharma isn't always the answer -- but sometimes it is! I felt similarly conflicted about putting my kindergartener on AD…”
About: My Daughter is on Zoloft
March 05, 2011 01:22AM
“Thanks for the giggles, Linda! I'm glad I read this at night; it will save me time taking my eye makeup off. :)”
About: Never Combine Sex Toys with Power Tools & other Oddities
“Thanks for the giggles, Linda! I'm glad I read this at night; it will save me time taking my eye makeup off. :)”
About: Never Combine Sex Toys with Power Tools & other Oddities
February 26, 2011 08:51PM
“Sorry, I don't buy that Charlie Sheen wrote this. Where are the hookers?!”
About: Charlie Sheen's OS Blog
“Sorry, I don't buy that Charlie Sheen wrote this. Where are the hookers?!”
About: Charlie Sheen's OS Blog
February 24, 2011 06:57PM
“I, too, grew up without TV. My parents got one only after I left home. Embarrassingly, my house now contains four televisions and my DVR is always full…”
About: I've just discovered television and I think I'm addicted.
“I, too, grew up without TV. My parents got one only after I left home. Embarrassingly, my house now contains four televisions and my DVR is always full…”
About: I've just discovered television and I think I'm addicted.
February 02, 2011 02:22PM
“I, for one, would absolutely watch your reality show. You have led such an interesting life (lives, even?), and I always look forward to your humor and…”
About: I Can Out White Trash Anyone-Where is My Jersey Shore Show?
“I, for one, would absolutely watch your reality show. You have led such an interesting life (lives, even?), and I always look forward to your humor and…”
About: I Can Out White Trash Anyone-Where is My Jersey Shore Show?
January 24, 2011 08:39PM
“Well said! I am sick to death of today's pompous culinary culture. Whatever happened to just EATING the food? These people need to get laid.”
About: The Foodie Craze: Pomposity on a Plate
“Well said! I am sick to death of today's pompous culinary culture. Whatever happened to just EATING the food? These people need to get laid.”
About: The Foodie Craze: Pomposity on a Plate
January 19, 2011 07:27PM
“I died inside for you when I read this. Also, a note for the newly-separated -- in addition to clearing the cache, check for keystroke loggers. I spent…”
About: Blogging, Sex, and the Inevitable Divorce
“I died inside for you when I read this. Also, a note for the newly-separated -- in addition to clearing the cache, check for keystroke loggers. I spent…”
About: Blogging, Sex, and the Inevitable Divorce
January 17, 2011 05:37PM
“Big props to you for sticking to the GF diet. I tried it for awhile for my son's autism (didn't help, after all that trouble!). It takes a lot of time…”
About: If My Disease is IN, Then How Come I Feel Like I'm OUT
“Big props to you for sticking to the GF diet. I tried it for awhile for my son's autism (didn't help, after all that trouble!). It takes a lot of time…”
About: If My Disease is IN, Then How Come I Feel Like I'm OUT
January 14, 2011 11:56PM
“"Does it waste paper? Wait, are you printing out everything you read online?" My thoughts exactly! Who reads print media anymore? (And I say t…”
About: Don't Imitate My Writing - I Suck and I'm Not Green
“"Does it waste paper? Wait, are you printing out everything you read online?" My thoughts exactly! Who reads print media anymore? (And I say t…”
About: Don't Imitate My Writing - I Suck and I'm Not Green
January 14, 2011 11:50PM
“Cranky, you can have Scar Jo if I can have Ryan Reynolds. O Canada, indeed.”
About: The Vince Vaughn Train Has Left the Station
“Cranky, you can have Scar Jo if I can have Ryan Reynolds. O Canada, indeed.”
About: The Vince Vaughn Train Has Left the Station
January 14, 2011 10:17PM
“I think the problem is that your mom gave in and let you act in a few plays. ;-) I am the product of overbearing parents as well, although my story end…”
About: If only I had a Chinese sense of duty...
“I think the problem is that your mom gave in and let you act in a few plays. ;-) I am the product of overbearing parents as well, although my story end…”
About: If only I had a Chinese sense of duty...
January 12, 2011 07:57PM
“I have two boys who don't mind being fashion accessories (for now) and a little girl who considers me HER fashion accessory. :-) At 5, she has a very h…”
About: Should a Child be a Fashion Accessory?
“I have two boys who don't mind being fashion accessories (for now) and a little girl who considers me HER fashion accessory. :-) At 5, she has a very h…”
About: Should a Child be a Fashion Accessory?
January 12, 2011 02:07PM
“Your son is lucky to have found you! Every kid deserves to be accepted for who he or she is. No transgender kids here, but my 2- and 4-year-old "b…”
About: Dress for success
“Your son is lucky to have found you! Every kid deserves to be accepted for who he or she is. No transgender kids here, but my 2- and 4-year-old "b…”
About: Dress for success
January 08, 2011 06:58PM
“I rate after commenting, too. Guess I'd better start scrolling up to rate first!”
About: When Indicated Ratings on Open Salon Are Misleading and Rude
“I rate after commenting, too. Guess I'd better start scrolling up to rate first!”
About: When Indicated Ratings on Open Salon Are Misleading and Rude
January 04, 2011 03:01PM
“You certainly deserve grown-up lemonade after that!!”
About: This...whew...has passed
“You certainly deserve grown-up lemonade after that!!”
About: This...whew...has passed
January 04, 2011 02:37PM
“This post was so interesting that, for the very first time on OS, I was tricked into reading a recipe. Bravo! :) Your granny sounds like quite the cha…”
About: Getting Plastered
“This post was so interesting that, for the very first time on OS, I was tricked into reading a recipe. Bravo! :) Your granny sounds like quite the cha…”
About: Getting Plastered
January 04, 2011 02:32PM
“Absolutely love your writing style! Rated.”
About: Drunk in America – Hollywood
“Absolutely love your writing style! Rated.”
About: Drunk in America – Hollywood
January 04, 2011 02:22PM
“I agree with all but three: "Blade Runner," "Star Wars" and "There Will Be Blood." I get your criticism of all three, but…”
About: 12 Movies I'm Supposed to Love But Don't
“I agree with all but three: "Blade Runner," "Star Wars" and "There Will Be Blood." I get your criticism of all three, but…”
About: 12 Movies I'm Supposed to Love But Don't
January 03, 2011 01:44PM
“Rated for the pics alone -- but the story of your desk is fabulous! You are one determined lady. :)”
About: The Little Table That Could - Lschmoopie's Open Call
“Rated for the pics alone -- but the story of your desk is fabulous! You are one determined lady. :)”
About: The Little Table That Could - Lschmoopie's Open Call
January 03, 2011 12:46AM
“Oooh, congrats on the laptop! Writing in a coffee shop sounds like heaven. :)”
About: Wherever I can find - where I write
“Oooh, congrats on the laptop! Writing in a coffee shop sounds like heaven. :)”
About: Wherever I can find - where I write
January 02, 2011 10:01PM
“I'm agnostic, but I know for a fact that angels exist. They walk every day among us, and they are my favorite kind, too. I've been on the receiving end…”
About: I Believe In Angels
“I'm agnostic, but I know for a fact that angels exist. They walk every day among us, and they are my favorite kind, too. I've been on the receiving end…”
About: I Believe In Angels
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