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Heather Ryan

Heather Ryan
Location
Eugene, Oregon, US
Birthday
December 20
Bio
"Imagine," says writer TK Dalton, "a knocked up Bookslut, Salam Pax with a dead beat ex instead of Raed. That's Terrible Mother." She's also a quick-thinking, smart-mouthed single mother to three kids. By day, she teaches writing to college freshmen and sophomores. By night, she cooks, cleans, parents and writes. She is, despite vehemently claiming to be one, not a hipster, but does have an MFA in Fiction from the University of Oregon, which she earned by duct-taping her children to chairs and feeding them bottles of Benadryl (not necessarily in that order). Terrible Mother still lives in Oregon, where she deals her snarky brand of parenting humor to her friends. "Another single mother blog?" says novelist Roby Connor. "Someone get this lady some Jesus."

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February 04, 2010 02:35PM
“Welcome Jenn. Nice to see you here.”
About: Updated: Hi, I'm Jenn.
August 25, 2009 11:32PM
“I hadn't heard of this, but it makes sense, RP. I will say, though, that my doctor just told me that almost everyone in the PacNW is low on Vit D. He…”
About: Huffington Post Health Watch: Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
July 06, 2009 12:47PM
“Joan, I wish we were coming through SF just so I could see Sadie (okay, I'd like to meet you too, but that puppy is just so adorable). SF, though, wou…”
About: Oh, Serendipity
July 03, 2009 03:20PM
“I totally stole that line from you, Mike. Yes indeed. I'm looking forward to the trip, but I'm scared as hell as well, all. Which, I guess, is how i…”
About: Oh, Serendipity
June 23, 2009 02:46AM
“Best serious novel is The Local News by Miriam Gershow. I will admit to knowing Miriam (we work together), but I will also say that the book is lovely…”
About: I need help: Great vacation books!
May 29, 2009 11:50PM
“Yay for the thesis and SUPER YAY for this interview. It's awesome, Saturn!”
About: Open Chat: Saturn Smith
May 28, 2009 04:27PM
“I missed you, sir. But now I see you were in Rome, and watching futbol no less, and I think "lucky bastard!"”
About: I'm back, if you happened to notice that I was away
May 28, 2009 02:04AM
“I can't imagine how the people who argue that Sotomayor had a "hand up" via affirmative action justify their argument in the face of such ove…”
About: Gag Reflects: Hispanic Chicks Are Dumb
May 28, 2009 01:45AM
“"Natural light was reserved for the customers. " That was my favorite line. I've worked a few places like this, and you're absolutely right.…”
About: Why "Reverse Racism" Holds No Water With Me
May 06, 2009 02:41AM
“d'oh! "concede" not "coincide"!”
About: Best advertisement for gay marriage: The Leffew family
May 06, 2009 02:38AM
“You say, phm, that comparing something as insignificant as skin color to same sex marriage is absurd, yet 40 years ago there were a good many people wh…”
About: Best advertisement for gay marriage: The Leffew family
May 05, 2009 04:58PM
“phm, the language isn't hateful, you're right. But the ideas are. I'm okay with intelligent disagreement on political issues like taxes or policies. B…”
About: Best advertisement for gay marriage: The Leffew family
May 02, 2009 04:09PM
“Also, Franny and Zooey--I used to want to marry Zooey, or a reasonable approximation. I said something similar to that in my own Lit class once and wa…”
About: Dork, it's not your fault.
May 02, 2009 04:07PM
“I was also a high school dork. Bad glasses. Saying things that .2 seconds later, I wanted to retract. I had this mop of curly, unruly hair and it wa…”
About: Dork, it's not your fault.
April 30, 2009 08:05PM
“I am making this next week, and will tell you what the Things decree about it all.”
About: Ain't nothing for free here.
April 29, 2009 02:39PM
“this post was excellent. and kind of a turn on. See? See how jacked up I am?”
About: Top 10 Reasons Gay Sex Rocks this Straight Boy's World
April 18, 2009 04:04PM
“whatever, wussy. Women have babies all the time. Multiple times. Wussy . I am calling you wussy forever now.”
About: Wonder what my kid woulda been like.
April 15, 2009 07:36PM
“love love love the Texass one.”
About: bless me OS, for I have sinned
April 14, 2009 12:32AM
“Great suggestions all, and thanks for the welcome back Joan. BBD, I don't know that we'll get to Texas, but if we do, you'll be the first to know. PF…”
About: The Flash Effect
April 13, 2009 07:31PM
“I know all the lyrics to The Fall Guy theme, and can sing it, on queue.”
About: I'd forgotten. (contents of two boxes in the storage unit.)
April 10, 2009 01:12AM
“Ummm...that should be 7. Not 87. I had a little sippy sippy from the cough syrup a bit ago.”
About: Quite confusing, isn't it, why this table's here.
April 10, 2009 01:06AM
“when I am in Chicago in July I'm going to come in with my whole caravan. That will be a crazy-making table for 87: 2 adults and 5 kids. I know you wil…”
About: Quite confusing, isn't it, why this table's here.
April 10, 2009 12:11AM
“thanks all. I'm pretty happy to be back. And planning this thing via the interwebs will be awesome.”
About: Much Ado About Tripping
April 06, 2009 06:16PM
“I made those things get you because you hated on Helo. See what you made me do?”
About: Inanimate objects are out to get me.
February 10, 2009 10:52PM
“teendoc, what you say makes good sense. My only quibble is that you can take the vaccine stuff and reverse it for autism. When you've had a kid react…”
About: Researcher misrepresented vaccine-autism results
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