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Requiem for a cigarette

April 3, 2012

April 3, 2002. Well, this is it. It’s been ten years since I quit smoking. A decade. A DECADE! According …

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Annoyances: The Subway Elevator Edition

February 10, 2012

Monday through Friday, I take the subway to work. Los Angeles does not have an extensive subway system so I …

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Galaxy 7 sketch cards are APPROVED! Awww, yeah..

February 1, 2012

Part of what I want to do with this blog is illustrate some of my posts. Obviously, this does not …

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Fashion according to dad

January 27, 2012

So far, I’ve only recounted conversations that I have had with my mom but my dad is pretty hilarious too. …

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Blogging: It’s Fun AND Educational!

January 25, 2012

I created this blog a few months ago but didn’t reeeeeally start using it regularly until the past few weeks. …

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Why, mom? WHY?!

January 20, 2012

Welcome to another installment of ‘Why Did I Ever Introduce My Mom to the Internet’. Yesterday, I created this image. …

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The importance of pronunciation

January 13, 2012

My mother is Swedish. As in ‘born and raised in Sweden‘ Swedish, not ‘my great-great-great-grand cousin twice removed was from …

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A letter to my younger self (SEX!!!)

January 12, 2012

I am 40 and finally have some experience under my belt, experience that has given me perspective. Of course, it’s …

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Boobs and boob accessories

January 6, 2012

As a small, barely there B-cup, I am the first to admit that I am not particularly boobtacular. I could …

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Return of Mom vs the Emoticon: The Less-than-Three-ening

January 5, 2012

Yesterday I wrote about opening my mother up to the amazing world of emoticons. It was a bit of a …

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Mom vs the Emoticon :D <3 OMFG

January 4, 2012

This morning, my mother posted a link to a really cool National Geographic picture of a snake on Facebook. I …

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