I've been avoiding the news lately. In an effort to de-stress a little, I decided it just wasn't in my best interest to follow the midterm elections too closely or see precisely what was on fire (with the exception of the trees burning a few hundred miles from my house and causing the air to [...]
Two Women Made the MasterChef Finale, but We Really Only Care About the Shoes
September 18, 2014 – Posted in: Mean Girls, Media, TV, Women's IssuesThis week, the two finalists from Season 5 of MasterChef competed for the title of America's Best Home Chef. After first being chosen from a pool of thousands, these extremely talented, self-taught women withstood three months of grueling challenges to become the last ones standing. And, incidentally, they joined other women from the international MasterChef shows when they became part of the [...]
How to be Famous: Go Get Shot
October 21, 2013 – Posted in: Complaining, Life is Dangerous, Mean People, Media, Nevada, Reno, School, Tammy Thinks, World Gone Crazy, Worst Mom RantsI woke up to a Facebook message from my friend saying there was a shooting at Sparks Middle School and her husband was fine (incidentally, Sparks is right next to Reno, where I live). She wrote this in all caps at least four times and with about five exclamation points behind each "fine." I see [...]
The Love, the Hate, the Hashtags
October 2, 2013 – Posted in: Blogging, Complaining, Media, Tammy ThinksOne thing I love about my readers is that a lot of you are just like me: sort of out-of-it. And I say that with oodles of love in my heart because, like I said, I'm truly one of you. I mean, by the time I got wind of the whole honey badger deal, there were already people [...]
We’re All So Outraged About Another Mass Shooting. Or Not.
September 17, 2013 – Posted in: Complaining, Life is Dangerous, Mean Girls, Media, Tammy Thinks, Uncategorized, World Gone Crazy, Worst Mom RantsSo as I'm sure you've all heard, we've had another mass shooting. Every news outlet is covering it. Every talk show is analyzing it. Every blogger is writing about it. And I have to say, I'm pretty much over it. Yeah, I'm kind of done. Remember a few months ago in Newtown when all those little [...]
The Bachelorette — Helping Me Teach My Daughter the REAL Facts of Life
August 7, 2013 – Posted in: Elfie, Growing Up, Mawage, Media, Mouths of Babes, Parenting, Personal Insanity, TV, Unsolicited Advice, Worst Mom Randomness"What are you watching?" My 9-year-old daughter has just caught me watching The Bachelorette. Normally this is an activity I'd reserve for after the kids have gone to bed, but it's summer, and "after they've gone to bed" is practically when I go to bed. "It's called The Bachelorette. It's a horrible, horrible show where [...]
The Bachelorette and the Beast: We Should All be THIS Kind of Girl
May 28, 2013 – Posted in: Media, Sex, Tammy Thinks, TV, Uncategorized, Women's Issues, Worst Mom RantsSo I watch the Bachelorette. Don't stone me. I know. My husband says it's my contribution to the downfall of Western civilization. Anyway, last night, something unprecedented and pretty amazing happened. If you don't watch the show (and I know none of you decent people do), let me give you some background. Desiree Hartsock, this [...]
No News is Good News
April 26, 2012 – Posted in: Cranky Tammy, Media, World Gone Crazy, Worst Mom RantsAll day long today, every time I got into the car and turned on the radio (NPR), I heard news coverage about the Charles Taylor verdict. Charles Taylor was the Liberian president who basically got paid off by rebels in Sierra Leone so they could go on a big raping, pillaging, limb-cutting-off, child-soldier-recruiting spree. He [...]
Where Have All the White People Gone?
September 9, 2011 – Posted in: Conservatives are Funny, Elfie, Media, Mouths of Babes, Newt, Personal Insanity, Politics, World Gone Crazy, WritingSo Newt and Elfie have taken a sudden interest in politics (I have no idea how that happened), and the stuff that's been coming out of their mouths lately has been, well, enlightening. The other day, Elfie made a rather astute observation about Republicans and evil aliens. Apparently now it's Newt's turn.Yesterday, we were watching [...]
Problem Child
March 3, 2010 – Posted in: Angry Tammy, Media, Parenting, Politics, Worst Mom Rants, WritingI had a professor in grad school who was the most hardcore, old-school journalist I've ever met. I was terrified to walk into this guy's class with the possibility of not having one of my facts straight. I'd make source phone calls on a story until businesses shut down for the evening. And I'd consistently [...]
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