Back in the mid-80s, my mom decided that these were the dresses I should wear for the rest of my days because they were cute, “innocent” and “ladylike.” I had my senior pic done in a Gunnies, which she showed to her friends and acquaintances for years after. Around that time, I discovered Joy Division so my look…

I was raised in an anti-vaccine household in the late 1970s (both Christian Scientists AND naturopaths in the family). When I was 10, I contracted measles. Massive fever, sick as a dog, in bed for a solid week, out of school for two, horrible rash and sores, and I carry physical scars from it to this day. Measles is no…

A couple that I know adopted two kids from China who were around 11-12 years old. As soon as they got them to the US, they told them that they’d picked out new “biblical” names for them and that they didn’t need to use their Chinese ones anymore. The girl went along with it, but the boy insisted on keeping his. After…

Once upon a time, before he had whatever serious head injury has since befallen him, Rudy Giuliani publicly stated a truism that more politicians need to repeat: As a Catholic, he personally felt that abortion is morally wrong; however, as a representative for all his constituents, he recognized that not all of them…

I’m sure there will be some hyper-conservative backwoods Catholic college that will still offer him a scholarship. Maybe Liberty University too, if he keeps the Catholic on the downlow.

Years ago, I used to go for regular bike rides in a particularly tony suburb. There was one driver everyone knew to avoid in the area - she looked to be about 100 years old and could barely see over the steering wheel of her massive Cadillac. All you’d see was the top of a hat and her little white gloves on the wheel.…

But Denmark does seem to lead in cool royals. Years ago, Queen Margarethe invited a group of student protesters into the palace because the weather was kind of cold and nasty. She served them some nice cookies and politely listened to their grievances before she sent them on their way. But then, most Danes I’ve met…

You never brushed hot dishes with WELS folks, eh? They ran a high school in my town that didn’t allow dances, so prom and homecoming consisted of dressing up and watching a movie in the school gym. 

From the guidelines on their school site, it seems that their window for “Christian” is pretty small, too. Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Mormons and some flavors of Lutheran need not apply either.

Most of the men I’ve known to have criticized this ad also seem to have something in common with Trump supporters: they seem to have at least one divorce under their belt. (And thusly, are misunderstood and unappreciated.)

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the DC football team should be called the Washington Monuments. 

Again, this is classic Cool Stuff White House Kids Get to Do - you’d think that he’d have young Barron come down for fast food and football players. Do they store that kid in a case at night?

My boss’s wife never quite recovered from the time he brought a double box of Burger King Tenders to a client’s potluck dinner. In fact, according to him, she spent much of the evening on the verge of embarrassed tears. 

Theodore Roosevelt was also fond of “point to point” walks in DC. He’d drop a pin on a random spot on a map of the area, then, accompanied by staff, his kids and reporters, he’d head toward the spot on as straight a route as possible, which might include crossing water, going through hedges and even walking right…

Proof that tRump a) thinks college athletes are so overwhelmingly stupid that fast food is some kind of fancy treat, b) has no idea of what a serious high-level athlete actually eats and c) is our nation’s leading lout. 

No great loss. It always looked like they overspent on the entrance/atrium and had to bang the rest of it together from stuff they got from the back lot of a Menards. New place is pretty nice, though. 

This and nothing but the this. At one time, fresh out of college, I was cool and edgy and ready to take on everything and change the world. Some things worked, but a lot of things didn’t and had to be readjusted into a workable format. Fast forward 30 years, and for the first time I’ve come face to face with outright…

As a Western European blend, I laughed hard at the notion that white ladies don’t have body hair. Over my life, I’ve battled hairy zones on my arms, toes, chest, nipples, legs, etc. My grandma had her little “pouf” of a mustache as well. It’s noticeable, itchy, and can make it difficult to put wooly socks on in the…

About 20 years ago, I visited a kids clothing store in Amsterdam that had amazingly cute (and expensive) things. The clerk was friendly and chatty and said MJ had just stopped in the day before. She showed me a Polaroid of him and three little boys, and said he was a regular visitor there, and always brought different…

Years ago, my Nana lived in subsidized senior housing and she received a big block of “welfare cheese” once a month. Since a 90-year-old 5-foot-tall lady couldn’t go through that much cheese in a year, we ended up with a lot of it. From a kid’s perspective, it was awesome for melty cheese sammiches. It was profoundly…