Posts tagged "relationships"

January 19, 2016 11 Comments

The great thing about feeling angry, and how it changed my life

I used to joke that I had five levels of anger. I'm fine.I'm fine.I'm fine.I'm fine.I WILL KILL YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE AND RAIN SULFUR DOWN UPON YOUR HOUSE!!!! While this always got me some laughs, it was true. Recently I started to think I shouldn't have two levels of anger disguised as five.... [Read More]

October 24, 2012 7 Comments

Fat girls and pretty girls use all the same excuses

Do you remember that opinion article published last April in The Daily Mail? The one written by a woman who is hated by other woman because she's so damn beautiful? Yes? No? It created a lot of buzz because the author came across as arrogant and deluded (which was probably the real reason people hated... [Read More]

October 11, 2012 2 Comments

Love is for the birds. Peregrine falcons, to be specific.

Of all the things I achieved at my last job, I am most proud of setting up the falcons on Facebook. I am not talking about a sports team. I'm talking about two actual Peregrine falcons, Kinney and KathyQ, who made their love nest in a box at the top of a skyscraper in Indianapolis... [Read More]

October 9, 2012 15 Comments

Divorce and the end of all things

Ten years ago today my parents' marriage ended. The divorce was finalized months later, but today is the day my dad left suddenly and unexpectedly. I didn't notice that today was that day until a friend emailed me this afternoon. She's getting divorced too. That's when I noticed the date and was like, Oh, right,... [Read More]