ugh, this was one of my mom’s leading tactics for most of my childhood and early adulthood. When she was mad, she would either scream and throw things, or just go completely silent and straight-up ignore you. (I might ask, “What do you want to drink with dinner?” and she’d literally keep her eyes glued to her book or…

I have two vaccine cards, because I’m an idiot.

I’ve been baking my own bread for years even pre-pandemic (mostly to save $$$), so when flour disappeared from the shelves for weeks on end, I was pissed. Luckily, I had friends who found white whole wheat flour in their local stores and would buy me a few bags when they found it, and Costco sells a 12-pound bag of…

It’s Hanson. I am, believe it or not, a fan who became a fan AFTER their popularity faded (aka when they grew up and their voices deepened). I don’t follow them closely, but I’d recognize their harmonies anywhere. I don’t watch this show, but a friend sent me the clip and I was like, yup. 

I’d also throw in the Dr. Strange finale, which I found more interesting than most MCU movies: you have the visuals of the damage in Hong Kong being undone, which is fun to look at. But then Strange actually wins by outsmarting the villain with a spell. Like he says, he just loses over and over until Dormammu gives…

“A ghost tried to fuck me. You ever been fucked by a ghost?” This movie is a delight. 

I have a really small face/head, and I learned to sew during the pandemic purely so I could make my own cloth masks because the disposable ones are so huge that they literally slide up and into my eyes. The ones I make fit my face shape really snugly and are two layers, but with a pocket so I could slide in another…

This is good advice. I’ve taught group fitness for more than 12 years now, and I’ve seen my share of people who invest in something huge that they don’t particularly care for but who seem to think that they’ll be able to make themselves love it. There’s a little bit of “Oh, this is the best workout out there, so this…

yeah, my thought after reading this was, “Are we watching the same show?” I feel like it’s done a great job of building in those unsettling moments. I don’t know where the description of it being a “lousy mystery” comes from, either. There are so many ways this could play out, and I’m eager to see how it does.

I had two weeks off at Christmas and our office fully shut down (university). I removed my email from my phone because I didn’t even want to be tempted to check it. Wow. What a HUGE difference. Since we’ve come back, I haven’t turned it back on my phone. It has been a huge stress reliever not to see that stupid red…

This is exactly why I very, very rarely answer an email from my phone (usually only when I can’t get to my desk and someone needs a fast yes/no type answer). I’d rather get back to my desk and take a minute to write out my answer in a way that actually makes sense.

In retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have cheaped out with the air rower, because we use IndoRow water rowers for classes and I really like the feel of them (plus, you know, much quieter). I definitely didn’t make that mistake getting my bike and treadmill, and I get so much use out of both now (for both mindless…

In rewatching the trilogy yet again over Christmas break (I’ve seen these movies a million times, but it had been a few years since last viewing), my main takeaway was, “I can’t believe Sean Astin didn’t get a supporting actor nomination for this.” He is so, so good as Sam, but especially effective in ROTK.

The biggest problem, I realized upon rewatching, is that Jackson never quite gets me to care about any of those characters.

Several years ago I was dealing with an overactive thyroid (Graves disease), which, to the uninitiated, means your thyroid produces too much thyroxine and sends your body into overdrive (increased metabolism/heartrate/etc). I had trouble sleeping and would wake up in the middle of the night SOAKED in sweat; I was…

I teach group fitness (including Spinning) and a few years ago, I debated on whether I should get a bike, treadmill, or rower for my home gym. I went with the rower because I thought, hey, it’s a full-body workout, unlike the bike/tread which are very lower-body focused, so it will get me the most bang for my buck.…

My mom and my sister are prone to fits of rage, but I am generally a low-key person. Mom and sis have no issues whatsoever with acting like total Karens and causing scenes in public when a restaurant/store/etc makes a mistake, whereas I’ve always been the type to just let it go and move on. However, every once in a…

I noticed that as well. I work in PR, but for a hospital, so we’ve been busy AF this year dealing with media requests around COVID (on top of still trying to remind people that yes, it’s safe to come to the hospital for emergencies so don’t ignore signs of a heart attack, and no, don’t skip your cancer screenings,…

At first I was SO confused because I thought, “Uh, I didn’t pay back my First Time Home Buyer tax credit” but then I realized you said 2008, and I got my home in 2009 and got the $8K tax credit (which, fun fact, they kept denying my application because they apparently thought I was trying to scam the government for…

Same here. People around here think you’re just being ridiculous if you seriously follow every precaution. I make masks, and just a few weeks ago one of my customers asked if she could stop by my house to pick them up (instead of waiting for me to deliver it to her a few days later). She’s someone who generally…