Race Relations in the Race to the Altar

Friday, February 12th, 2010

I haven’t posted in a week. I’ve been stewing over something that I’m not exactly sure how to appropriately articulate, and lo and behold it has to do with another one of my friends. There we sat, discussing a friend of a friend and the outlandish lengths she’s gone to in order to meet “someone,” [...]

Plight of The Dookie

Friday, February 5th, 2010

I don’t like buying toilet paper. It’s necessary, yes. But it’s also expensive and stupid and it’s such a waste. Also, I think it’s embarrassing. I once saw this girl on the sidewalk, walking all purposeful, with her arms wrapped around an ungainly pack of toilet paper. I was with my boyfriend and we were [...]

Groundhog Fail

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Six more weeks (or in Chicago-speak, we’ll be looking at May/June)…

My Ever-Lasting Bra Strap Fishing Expedition

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

It really is never ending, people. And I just don’t understand it. I go to Victoria’s Secret. I get fitted for a bra (don’t get too excited boys- no nudity or boob fondling is involved), which is generally a sad experiment because each attempt seems to yield a different result. 32B. 34A. 34B. Triumph! They’re [...]

Five Ways to a More Charitable Christmas for $5 or Less*

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Every $1 donated on Feeding America’s web site (formerly America’s Second Harvest) will send 9 pounds of groceries to a family in need. Or for just $5, you’ll be donating 10 bags of groceries. Google is the shit, but next time you need to do a search online, why not try GoodSearch instead? Every search you make [...]

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Maybe it’s cliche to write about this sort of thing anymore. Maybe it’s tacky or opportunistic or insensitive. And anyway, hasn’t everything already been said? I’m not a Somebody who lost on that day and I didn’t intend to write this, to write anything about this anymore. But I also didn’t intend to read Jonathan [...]

Protected: Stuck Between a Profit Margin and a Recession

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.