This one goes out to all my BFing homies, yo.  Werd to your babas. G woke up at 1:45AM this morning.  This is not unusual.  He’s EBF (that’s Exclusively Breast Fed to those of you not in the know) and sleeps with me and M, and he wakes a few times a night to nurse.  […]

She stood in front of the mirror in the locker room. “My mother says they’re water blemishes, not real pimples,” She said to the gaggle of girls gathered around her. Water blemishes?  I looked doubtfully at her reflection.  They looked like normal pimples to me. I hadn’t changed yet.  I didn’t like changing clothes.  Partially […]

At the risk of practically repeating Literal Mom‘s post, my Song That Sucks is “Too Close” performed by NEXT. Now look.  I’m not a prude.  I get my sexy on.  I like dancing close.  I was certainly guilty of “grinding” a little back in the day when out at a club, though that wasn’t my […]

You know this story already, but maybe you just don’t realize it. This story is also yours, or it is your friend’s, or your mother’s, or your cousin’s.  Maybe it’s your husband’s, or your boss’, or your child’s. My name is Venus, and I am clinically depressed.  This is my story (and it’s a little […]

Must. Remember. Listening to Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again on Pandora is NOT conducive to writing thoughtful, touchy-feely posts. EOM

G was blessedly asleep late afternoon on Sunday.  I took the opportunity to visit some blogs of those who have been kind enough to give me feedback on my own posts.  G woke up, and I set the iPad down on the couch, open to Kris Mulkey’s blog which features a lovely header with the […]

In my previous post, I spoke of one reason why L&O:SVU may have lost me as a viewer.   Here’s another. !!SPOILER ALERT!! Last week’s episode dealt with a pretty heavy subject, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).  The infant who died in the episode did so through no fault of her parents, regardless of what issues […]

I was watching Law & Order: SVU over the weekend while G was asleep on my lap.   Last week’s episode may have lost them a viewer, but I’m sad to say it may not be for the reasons it should be. !!SPOILER ALERT!!  In the episode, an unmarried couple from Buffalo (my current city, dontcha […]

The prompt this week is a scary text message.  I am hampered by a couple of things.  I don’t generally write fiction.   Also, things which are truly scary to me (loss of a loved one, natural disaster, etc.) are too real to be appropriate, and most likely wouldn’t be communicated by text in any […]

Ok.  I know that the interwebs give us the ability to get important news out to the masses quickly.  Unfortunately, it appears that proper editing of news articles has gone out the window.  I’m starting a series of Unfortunate Grammar posts.  Here’s our first! From this article on Yahoo News just now: “At the height […]