I love Kickstarter. If you don't already know, it's this website that lets people who have really good ideas (okay, sometimes not such good ideas) put them out in the universe and ask everybody in cyberland to help pay for them. I want to say the fancy word for it is "crowdfunding." Kickstarter is also [...]
I’ve Become a Squeaky Wheel
June 14, 2012 – Posted in: Corporatism, Cranky Tammy, Food, Mean People, Worst Mom RantsSo for whatever reason, I've gotten some bug in my bonnet and am suddenly unwilling to take any crap from anybody.Not the actual buffet, but you get the idea.The other night, we went to the Eldorado Hotel with my brother and his kids. Remember we live in Reno, so we have to do the buffet [...]
Jasper versus the Yogurt Container
May 28, 2012 – Posted in: Dogs, Elfie, Food, Holidays, Jasper, Videos, Worst Mom RandomnessI thought about doing a somewhat serious post today about Memorial Day and the need for increased veterans' services, but if you're not a heartless jerk, you probably already know that. And the thing is, I've had a sort of exhausting week, so I think I'll just hit the easy button and write about the [...]
Happiness is a Banana Pancake
April 22, 2012 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Food, Sundays in My City, Things To Do with Kids, Worst Mom RecipesSo I can't cook. Actually, that's not entirely true. I'm really just out of practice. This is all the fault of my husband who took over the cooking about fifteen-ish years ago. The better he got, the less I did. Now he's become one of those people who can even look into the refrigerator of [...]
A Partly Zunny Day
March 23, 2012 – Posted in: Cancer Sucks, Corporatism, Food, Grown-up Friends, Mean People, Personal InsanityToday I ate a pot pie, berated an AT&T representative, got a present I've been wanting for years, and found out another one of my friends has cancer.I have no doubts that my blog is appropriately titled.The day started out well. Then I made the huge mistake of calling AT&T to try and clear up [...]
Fortified with Extra…Estrogen. Why it’s Time to Can Most Canned Goods
December 1, 2011 – Posted in: Angry Tammy, Corporatism, Food, Mean People, Worst Mom RantsAnd I wonder why I'm never hungry.So you've probably already heard about this, but if you haven't, I'll just go ahead and be the bearer of bad news. You know all that canned food you bought to get through the apocalypse? Or maybe just so you could make a quick lunch when you forgot it [...]
Beauty is in the Eye of the Bread-Holder
October 20, 2011 – Posted in: Food, Things To Do with Kids, Worst Mom RecipesMy husband, Tenzin, likes messing around with bread recipes. When we weren't eating gluten for a few painful months, he was convinced that he'd be the one to come up with the magic recipe for gluten-free bread that didn't taste like crap. So now we have approximately fifteen different bags of flour in our pantry.Incidentally, [...]
Cookies to Die For
October 4, 2011 – Posted in: Accidents, Food, Forgetting, This Is Supposed to be Fun, Worst Mom MomentsOur resident World's Worst Mom, Ginger, is back with a story that will make you want to stay out of the kitchen (or, depending on your motivations, give you an excuse to). You can check out everything else that makes Ginger's life exciting and flavorful at her blog, Spicey Mom. And don't miss her other [...]
Do You Need 10 Excuses to Go Nuts?
October 2, 2011 – Posted in: Food, Grief, Losin' It, Memories, Worst Mom MomentsMeet Sili, mother to "frog princess" and the "Chief Executive Mami" of MyMamihood.com. After what can only be described as a rough year, she's laying it all out on the table. Apparently she's having a "Come to World's Worst Moms Moment."Random Thoughts (10 to be exact) That Lead Me To Believe I Might Be Losing [...]
What Lies Beneath — Secrets of the Demon Child!
September 12, 2011 – Posted in: Food, Guilt, Illness, Punishments, Worst Mom MomentsMeet Rebecca from Just Another Blog. She says her now-6-year-old daughter doesn't appear to be scarred from this event. But will any of us really know what we've done until our kids hit their 20's and start ratting us out in therapy? Back when my daughter was only 2 1/2 years old, we ventured out [...]
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