Last week I wrote a post claiming that “that’s my jam” no longer meant “I love that” but rather, that kids today were using it as a euphemism for spanking the monkey. Which, you have to admit whether or not that is totally accurate (which I will get to in a second) your day to day life has probably gotten… Read more →
Author: Morgan
Get Your Zen On With Grown-Up Coloring Books
It’s a sad day here in the San Fernando Valley — our local Sanrio store is going out of business. Gone are the days of Kerokerokeroppi and 20 color pens within walking distance, and so when Delilah and I discovered the news on a recent trip to the mall, I decided we could each choose one thing to remember Hello Kitty’s motley… Read more →
There Is Beauty In Acceptance: “Bearded Lady” Harnaam Kaur Sets Stunning Example
Harnaam Kaur is a 23-year-old woman living in England. Like many women (between 10-20% of those of childbearing age), Kaur suffers from PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) which has been known to cause excessive hair growth in some patients. In Harnaam’s case, her PCOS meant that with puberty came an unexpected development … she began to grow a beard. After years… Read more →
And Then I Was An Old Person Using Slang That Made Me Sound Crazy (And Kind of Gross.)
In the late 90’s and early aughts (when I was a wee teen) the phrase “it’s my jam” was common. It meant “oooh, I love that!” or “this is my favorite song” or “I am really good at that.” I’m not wrong. Please, observe the use of the phrase by the lovely Busy Phillips in the 2004 classic piece of… Read more →
Love Is In The Air. And On My Nails.
Salon manicures have been my guilty pleasure forever, but DIY nail art is so much more fun… Read more →
Meet Bild Lilli, Unabashed Gold Digger, Adult Novelty Toy, and The First Barbie!
Meet Bild Lilli. The inspiration for Barbie, Lilli was a German doll based on a popular comic strip about a depression-era woman about town in search of the wealthiest suitor. Or y’know…a gold digger. With advertising tag lines like ”Whether more or less naked, Lilli is always discreet” and a line of negliges and other goodies to go with her, Lilli… Read more →
Sophie and Me.
I was a wee college student in New York City when we brought her home on the subway in the first week of February 2002. She was an 8 week old puppy who’d been abandoned along with the rest of her litter in the Bronx. She wasn’t anything like what I thought we’d be adopting that day but a few… Read more →
Have You Taken A Good Look Around Your Child’s Classroom Lately?
This past fall, my Delilah started attending public school here in Los Angeles. On the first day, her teacher sent home a note welcoming everyone to her classroom and letting us as parents know what was provided within the school’s budget, and what was not. For example, photocopies were not covered. The teachers at Delilah’s school are asked to pay… Read more →
Weekend Playlist
1. Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground) 2. Baby, Scratch My Back (Booker T. & The McG’s) 3. 19th Nervous Breakdown (The Rolling Stones) 4. Sunny Afternoon (The Kinks) 5. Space Oddity (David Bowie) 6. Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) 7. It Ain’t Me Babe (The Turtles) 8. Beast of Burden (The Rolling Stones) Is there some kind of football… Read more →
Face Bras: They’re a Thing.
I know. I KNOW. I was so disturbed that I wrote all about it on Babble. Read more →