Chiming in to say I’ve had great luck with the Mirena. I used to lose a few days every month to cramps and headaches and a seriously heavy flow. Birth control pills and NuvaRing always came with a lot of negative side effects for me, from sore boobs to emotional meltdowns. No more with Mirena. Now I get vaguely…

At my house, we had to STAND in the corner. These kids today. Even while being punished it’s all about entitlement and an Etsyfied existence.

Bleeboobahblooblah. That’s how your words sound to me. But yeah, Americans for sure need more freedom to call a pastor. Religion will solve ALL our problems.

Obligatory “awwwww”for that sweet face.

My Brittany spaniel is always trying to climb up my back if I’m facing away from him. I can’t tell if he is attempting to hitch a shoulder ride like a little kid or use me as a stepping stool to higher, more exciting places. That said, I would not be remotely surprised if I saw him climb a tree. I’ve seen him jump…

That is awesome. In my old apartment bathroom, I had to hang a lil sign that said “Please don’t screw on my sink” when I threw parties, because my landlord was NOT going to fix it a third time.

Ahhhh. I was like, damn, who is this formerly highly paid unicorn journalist??? I’ve done some in-depth tech stories for my alma mater, a top-ranking public university, and the feedback was great (the engineering department would personally request me and such), so I’m actually trying to move in that direction a bit…

LOL, ok, you were MUCH more high-profile than me obviously. My former city didn’t have too many media jobs that paid like that outside of TV and a small handful of newspaper old-timers who were among the first to be cut in the cullings. I’ve never made a ton of money so I’m really just hoping for a reasonably…

Seriously, I wouldn’t have written it just to keep my name in the game for freelancing opportunities at that particular paper. I’ve been tempted to spill about this one high-profile blog I wrote for that paid writers a pittance while the founder was making a good living and getting tons and tons of posh perks. My most…

That’s definitely the direction I’m heading, and I’ve done copywriting work for some decent clients already. But I’m still wondering if there’s another career for me altogether that I haven’t considered yet. I’m open to the possibilities. I want to think there will always be writing jobs — they’re certainly harder to…

A few years ago at a museum film fest I saw this very short film involving a spider in a car. It’s not real but oh the terrible twist.

I’m on the Sag-Cap cusp. WHO AM I???????

It sounds better than the supposedly clean-scented deodorant my husband brought home that smelled like cat litter whenever I came close to his pits. I think it was the baking soda but YEEEEESH, that scent was a formidable cockblocker for him before he finally threw it out.

On a remotely related tangent, when Axe was in its early days, I was approached by them to be a guest at some big promotional event in our city. I was an entertainment writer at the time and they wanted me to ride a mechanical bull in some skimpy outfit (obviously I’m a woman). I laughed so hard I think the entire…

Freelancing while employed is a GREAT way to explore other types of writing and get your name out there while bringing in some extra cash. I did a lot of that when I was on staff at a paper. As long as you’re not breaking any compete clauses — for instance, I couldn’t write for anybody local, though I actually did…

Wow, the timing of this article. I was just lamenting on FB how I was pretty much over freelancing. I spent many years at a major newspaper — which is now owned by the LA Times — and got out before they laid everybody off. I also covered music (I’ve since moved on to a more broad selection of subjects since I started…