Category Archives: Childhood

How to Run a Successful Lemonade Stand

So y’all know about my ice-cream truck endeavor when I was six. Well that was just the tip of the iceberg. Though the truck never hit the streets, I had tasted the power. The power of entrepeneurship. Growing up in … Continue reading

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Just Biology

“We really are just biology, aren’t we?” Nate Fisher says, upon seeing a corpse in “The Invisible Woman,” an episode of S2 “Six Feet Under.” It was a woman who’d become particularly decayed, as no one found her for awhile, … Continue reading

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I <3 Rob Zombie

So I’ve done a lot of lists lately, and part of me wants to do a big list of my favorite things that Rob Zombie’s ever done. And maybe I WILL, in the future. But for today, I just want … Continue reading

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Jigsaw Is Kind of the Man

This is part one of a blog. The second part will be about forgiveness. I am relating it to “Saw III,” but you don’t have to have seen it, or any “Saw,” to read part two. This part one is … Continue reading

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Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 14: The Care Bears Movie

So the other night, I took a poll for the next Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night: “The Care Bears Movie” or “Cheerleader Massacre 2?” And “The Care Bears Movie” won by one vote. But because I am a foolish, foolish woman, … Continue reading

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Longing To Linger ‘Til Dawn

Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow ~ T.S. Eliot The party is going on, half barbecue, half cruise, depending on whom you speak to. This one girl seems like she could … Continue reading

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Faster, Campers! Eat, Eat!

In 1989, I went to Tapawingo, an all-girl sleepaway camp in upstate New York, with Shannon and a few of her church friends. And the experience was just something out of a nightmare, really. There were some highlights — no … Continue reading

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To Wear a Corsage

So I was catching up on “Parenthood,” which is a GREAT show that not nearly enough people are watching (Go! Go! Forget my blog; go to Hulu and watch this glorious piece of art!) and one of the episodes featured … Continue reading

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Video Games of My Life: Part 2!

Nearly a year ago, I posted a blog, Video Games of My Life. And though I am an avid gamer supporter, I had no idea what was in store for me in 2009, game( r )-wise. I started playing along, … Continue reading

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Ready to Fly

If a wave rolls down from heaven With the turning of the tide You’re pulled in all directions Only for awhile ~ Colin Hay, “The Flying Song” I’d tried before, many times. Flying. Here and there, I’d been able to … Continue reading

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