So 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 [...]

Let me say right off the bat that I'm being a big fat hypocrite in this post. After the Harry Potter extravaganza party, bagging on other people's obsessive craftiness is sort of laughable. But this instructional video on "how to build a fort kit" is just kind of killing me.   Part of me didn't [...]

So 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're back to Peter and Jen, when they first met at Stanford in the early '90s. If you really want to get all the down and dirty details, you should start at the beginning. But here's a bit of what's happened so far: Peter is married with children. What his wife doesn't know is that Peter had a brief [...]

So I have to apologize to some of you for basically turning into a soft porn writer. But it turns out there are people who actually look forward to Fridays over here. So how can I say no to that?   Anyway, this is Part Seven of a story I’m working on for our Fearless [...]

This is Part Four of a story I'm working on for our Fearless Fiction Femmes Fatales group. If you want to catch up, here's Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. Don't get too far behind -- the cool kids may not like you anymore... ******** "This is definitely going to be one of those snapshot moments." [...]

My good friend, Ginger, who blogs over at Spicey Mom, wrote this on her Facebook page the other day. A hundred bucks says this is how those If you Give a Mouse a Cookie people came up with the idea. Because I don't know about you guys, but this happens to me at least five times [...]

One of the great and horrible realities of Christmas in the 21st century is that there's really no excuse for not being able to find the perfect gift. Because if it's not online, it probably means you're a genius and just came up with the next great thing in greatness. Either that or you're like [...]

So for all of you NOT living in Reno, sorry to bore the hell out of you with this post. But we're in early voting season here, and I need to plug a few people before it's too late. We're the Biggest Little City, so around here, every little vote counts. For those out-of-staters who [...]