I listen to NPR most days at work. Just now I heard that two men working down in the Sudan were killed. These men were removing mines so that the UN Feed the World Program (or some such name) can safely carry food and medicine to people in need. They were murdered in an ambush by the…
The Reluctant Grownup
I feel I should probably explain the title of my blog before I get too far into this. See, I have just completed my first full year of working in a job I call a "REAL JOB," with big fat quotation marks. My early twenties were spent earning peanuts in non-profits and loving life, and now…
Halloween
Happy Halloween!! Passin’ out candy with my spooky sister this All Hallows Eve before reluctantly trudging off to rehearsal at 7. I’m a corpse bride today. My sister is a vampire. We’ve gotten some funny looks (and she’s gotten some mean comments!! she worships the devil, who knew??) for being grown ups wearing costumes…
Protected: I Should Never Have Asked
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My Bro
My brother just called me and I am thrilled beyond reason. I love my brother, he is 18, looks just like me, and so very much cooler than I was at 18. He goes to college, he drives a low ridin’ pimped out Civic, he’s in a fraternity, he wears Abercrombie. He also is in…