This 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 [...]
Why I Could Never Work for Hobby Lobby (Other than the Obvious Answer — They’re Total Jackasses)
June 30, 2014 – Posted in: Chronic Pain, Mean People, Tammy Thinks, Women's IssuesOne of the awesome little side problems I've experienced during my whole fibromyalgia/atypical facial pain mess has been menstrual migraines. For those who don't know, a menstrual migraine -- at least for me -- is a series of days-long headaches that occur like clockwork before your period. In my case, they lay me out for a [...]
Dunkin’ Doggies with GoldieBlox
February 13, 2014 – Posted in: Elfie, Things To Do with Kids, Toys, Women's IssuesI’m generally not a fan of gender specific toys. The fact that we have Legos “just for girls” pretty much makes me want to smack somebody. That said, since there's apparently an entire segment of society that believes the only way girls can do anything “buildy” is if a toy is "for them," I’m happy [...]
5 Things That Have Changed Since You Watched Grease
January 28, 2014 – Posted in: Beauty, Bullying, Elfie, Getting Older, Growing Up, Mean People, Mouths of Babes, Movies, Nevada, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, Things To Do with Kids, Unsolicited Advice, Women's IssuesThe other night, we all sat down and watched Grease. As far as my husband, Tenzin, is concerned, it’d be embarrassing to become a full-grown U.S. American without being able to sing along to "Summer Lovin'" and "You're the One That I Want" (and no, it's his brother who's gay...) Anyway, it became pretty clear [...]
This Holiday Season, Please Try Not to Compliment that Little Girl on Her Dress
November 14, 2013 – Posted in: Beauty, Holidays, Tammy Thinks, Women's IssuesOne of the fun parts about having a little girl is being able to put her in fancy dresses. Can't help it. When your kid is the most adorable thing on the planet (to you) and the cuteness is just oozing out of every corner during the holidays, it's sort of like temporary insanity. Suddenly [...]
The Tree Doesn’t Fall Far from the Apple
September 25, 2013 – Posted in: Bullying, Conservatives are Funny, Elfie, Family, Growing Up, Kid Friends, Mean People, Mouths of Babes, Newt, Parenting, Women's IssuesSo I'm happy to report that the kids not only survived camp but had a fabulous time. Apparently the first night was a little touch-and-go: Newt wanted to come home very badly, and Elfie got stung by a bee. But they sucked it up, and the memorable stories have been trickling out of them since [...]
Why I Leaned Out and Skipped BlogHer
August 4, 2013 – Posted in: Blogging, Bright Side of Life, Elfie, Family, Growing Up, Me Time, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Sappy Tammy, Women's Issues, WritingI've never been to BlogHer. I didn't go this year for numerous reasons. For one, I've lived through two Illinois summers and suffered through multiple visits that always seemed to coincide with a heatwave, and lately I'm against torturing myself if I can help it. For two (I know that's wrong, but does anyone know [...]
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 [...]
We’ve So Not Come a Long Way, Baby
April 13, 2013 – Posted in: Movies, Sex, Sports, Tammy Thinks, Women's Issues, World Gone Crazy, Worst Mom RantsSo here's one more reason to lose faith in humanity: the LFL or "Legends Football League" (truly, I regret linking to this and showing you any of it, so I'm just sending you to Wikipedia because I know these jackasses really enjoy the publicity from irate people like me writing about them). The LFL was [...]
When Barbie Looks Fat and Frumpy, You Know We’re in Trouble
March 18, 2013 – Posted in: Complaining, Elfie, Growing Up, Mean Girls, Parenting, Sex, Shopping Hell, Tammy Thinks, Women's Issues, Worst Mom RantsI was in Target today, just cruising because I'd hit one of those dead-time points in the day when you can't go home but it's too early to pick up the kids, and I found myself in the toy section (for reasons I myself still can't understand). Anyway, I was checking out the Monster High [...]
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