A few months ago the back of my hand started itching like a bug bite. Of course my first thought was ‘Oh no, they’ve found us! It’s happened! Bed bugs!’. The spot, however, began to grow into a strange, red coarseness I found both fascinating and horrifying. It didn’t take long for me to realize [...]

You know what’s really scary? A super colicky infant who strongly prefers to sleep only while being held. Terrifyingly exhausting. So, my hopes and dreams of an October filled with Halloween posts must be reconciled to spotty, half-assed attempts at making face.
Picking up my little one’s prescription for Levsin today (yes, we’re resorting to drugs, [...]

While driving on Monday I had the public radio for South Florida on. The program was Topical Currents and the topic was ‘The Beauty Bias’ based on the recent book with the same name by Deborah Rhode.
That people are treated differently based on their appearance is as old as people and deeply complex. I think [...]

Classic and trendy, elegant or trampy, achieving the cat eye is a versatile skill to master. Some whip out that liquid liner and with a swish and a slash are done with it. The majority, however, end up with rickety lines and uneven edges. Here’s the trick to easy cat eyes anyone can do. As [...]

Sometimes I can imagine little bits of germies and bacteria crawling all over me. Then I realize that that’s completely weirdo OCD and banish the thoughts from my mind. Apparently the desire to be sane overrules the desire to obsess over germies.
While mind control is important to any endeavor, so is basic sanitation. Mind control [...]