Today I read this NPR piece about people looking for work and finding part-time jobs in entry-level sales and customer service positions and being happy about it. It made me feel...well...something on the "bad" side of the spectrum. Not that this is the first time I've been aware of the trend… Read full post »

I never thought I'd be living on unemployment ever in my life, let alone twice in the same year. Let alone even consider applying for food stamps.

I'm a good girl. I've dutifully procured employment over the years and, aside from a few months when I first moved to Colorado from… Read full post »

To all the Valentine's Day nay-sayers and purveyors of one-day-a-year sarcasm and bitterness: bitching about Valentine's Day was all well and good when I was a wannabe alterna-chick outsider (and self-proclaimed "dateless wonder") in high school who found a sense of inclusiveness and fun in taking st… Read full post »

Last week a friend of mine posted a link on Facebook to Single Dad Laughing's blog post "Worthless Women and the Men Who Make Them." I was interested in it because for the first time I can think of I saw a guy comment on how the media's portrayals of "the… Read full post »

" all we ever wanted was everything

 all we ever got was cold

get up, eat jelly, sandwich bars and barbed wire

squash every week into a day "

 - Bauhaus "All We Ever Wanted" (listen to the entire song here)

 I'm feeling a little down at the moment.… Read full post »

I have an Open Salon blog because I wanted to comment on Adequate Parent's blog (which is highly entertaining and thoughful and I recommend anyone to read). Oh, but rather than simply use my name when creating an account I decided to come up with a nickname, a new online persona… Read full post »