I noticed a bald patch in my eyelashes recently. “What?” I thought to myself, highly offended. I did what every red-blooded American does: I Googled it. Once I ruled out assorted deadly diseases, I found the real reason for the demise of my eyelashes. I’m middle aged. According to Google, which led me to this [Read More]
A COVID Vaccine Christmas Story, er, Story
Have you been vaccinated yet? I was able to get my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on March 24 after I became eligible in the state of Michigan on March 22. Yup, I was finally old enough to qualify for a vaccine. Yay for old age! I don’t know about where you live, but [Read More]
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Five Fantastic Memes That Find The Funny In Women’s History Month
Not only was March 8 International Women’s Day, but the whole month of March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate all things WOMAN, I’m sharing some of my favorite funny or empowering memes about the best gender on the planet. Here’s to all things female! The one about the part time job: The one about [Read More]
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A Letter of Apology To My Teenage Daughter Who Has To Share A Bathroom With Her Brother
Dear Teenage Daughter, Your father and I would like to extend our sincerest apologies for the negative experience you have had sharing a bathroom with your older brother. It was our main goal to provide an exemplary lavatorial experience for members of our family and we realize that your experience has fallen short. I understand [Read More]
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The Best Memes About 2020
2020 has been one doozy of a year. One of the ONLY good things to come out of it was the prevalence of funny memes that made us laugh, not cry, about this dumpster fire of a year. I present the best memes about 2020 below, none of which I made (!), but all of [Read More]
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My Whiny Baby Review of Noom, The First Month
Last month I started Noom and shared my honest thoughts early on. In a nutshell, it’s a diet and you will lose weight if you stick to the 1300 calories/day they suggest. (Now, what happens when you start eventually start eating >1300 calories/day like a normal person who isn’t dieting is kinda obvious to me: [Read More]
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My Whiny Baby Review of Noom, the First Week
So, I’m trying Noom, the weight loss app thing, and here’s my honest review after the first week. Warning: I’m going to whine about it! First, let me explain a bit about why I’m trying Noom. The last time I dieted was in the 7th grade and I’m not kidding. I’ve always been able to [Read More]
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Gen X Greetings to Use While Social Distancing
Some days during the pandemic I felt like Ally Sheedy’s character, Allison Reynolds, in The Breakfast Club. I buried my head, refused to talk, and felt scared and skittish. Yet there were days during quarantine when I felt like a totally different John Hughes’ character, Ferris Bueller. I looked for small sources of joy in [Read More]
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10 Things I Learned in Quarantine
As things begin to open back up for us here in Michigan (a little slower than most other places), I am feeling a sense of joy and relief. I know we’re not out of the woods, but if I can just go out and about more freely to buy an ice cream cone or a [Read More]
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Living My Okay-est Quarantine Life
I don’t know about you, but I’m not baking bread from scratch or learning a new language during this quarantine. No, I’m having my okay-est quarantine life here in Michigan, where we’ve been under a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order since March 15. Here’s what I’ve “accomplished”: I finished Tiger King on Netflix. Very entertaining. [Read More]
