Colleen_b

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I love a fact-based brawl followed by the clanging of glasses. I don't take fools lightly and they don't usually take a liking to me anyhow. Yes, I have three wonderful children, but they aren't so wild anymore. Just waiting for/dreading the teen years when my name will be accurate once again.

QOTD: Do You Remember Anything Positive About 9/11?

Today is a day that I won’t turn on the news or the television. I cannot handle the grief porn that will inevitably spew out of the media. I choose to remember 9/11 a different way.

I choose to remember how we came together as a nation, overlooked our differences and helped one another. I was actually in France over 9/11 and couldn’t get back to Bermuda where we were living at the time. We ended up in London. I was there when “God Bless America” was played in front of Buckingham Palace. I had people stop me in the streets and tell me how sorry they were after hearing me speak in my American accent to my 2 year old and 6 month old children. I remember the kindness. Continue reading →

Today in WTF: Deaf Boy Asked to Change his Sign Name

Your name is part of who you are and how people identify you as different from another person. Hunter Spanjer, a deaf pre-school boy from the corn belt, has a registered sign for his name. His name in Signing Exact English sign involves him crossing his index and middle fingers and shaking his hands up and down. Problem is that the Grand Island, Nebraska school district thinks it looks like a gun and therefore violates their ‘weapons policy’. The school district has asked that Hunter change his name sign. (Note to Grand Island School district: bringing your hands to school is not the same as bringing a weapon). Continue reading →

Today in WTF: Booze, the Great Equalizer

Do you feel oppressed by affluent, white males? Are you struggling to fit in with your peers? If so, you may want to start binge drinking in order to boost your social status and satisfaction.

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

A new study is out which examined levels of alcohol consumption and the relationship with social satisfaction in selective Northeastern liberal arts colleges. Some interesting results were found. Binge drinking is defined as 4 or more drinks for a female and 5 or more drinks for a male. Sounds like a typical Tuesday Friday night right? Continue reading →

Looners Prove That There Can Be a Fetish About Anything

In today’s WTF, I read an article on HuffPo about a sexual fetish I’ve never heard of previously: balloon fetish. “Looners” as those who have this fetish are called, come in two categories, poppers and non-poppers.

Poppers get their latex love on with the anticipation of the pop as they blow their ‘life force’ into the balloon. They liken the pop of the balloon to an orgasm. Um, okay. National Geographic has a series called “Taboo” and Elle is showcased there as a popper. A dominatrix from Denver, she loves the bang she gets from the balloon popping. Continue reading →

Pennsylvania Man Denied Heart Transplant Because He Has Autism

Paul Corby is a 23 year old man who has Left Ventricular Noncompaction which is a heart condition that makes the organ less able to pump blood throughout his body. His ejection fraction of his heart is reportedly 20%, which is far lower than it should be. His disease generally leads to heart failure and strokes. He has suffered from three mini-strokes to date. He is on nineteen medications to keep his disease at bay, but it won’t cure it.  Continue reading →

QOTD: How Spa Savvy Are You?

Lala’s admission that she must wear ‘massage panties’ inspired me to make an appointment for one for myself later today. Six hours of weeding yesterday made my back one big knot. It also got me thinking about all the various spa services I’ve heard mentioned at Crass over the year(s). Vagazzling, mani/pedis, reflexology,  facials, massage, waxing  and body scrubs are many of the services Crassers seem to enjoy. Continue reading →

The Olympics have Changed More Than Bruce Jenner’s Face

My childhood is filled with fond memories of watching Dorothy Hamill do the “Hamill Camel;” in fact I had my hair cut just like her.  Bart Conner awed me on his parallel bars. I was enthralled watching Bonnie Blair zipping across the ice. I loved watching Bruce Jenner and “Flo-Jo” running their hearts out. Who can forget the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey team? The Olympics were a time that I, along with everyone else I knew, were transfixed in front of the television set trying to discover what happened and what was up next. Times are different now. I still look forward to the Olympic Games, but it isn’t quite the same. Continue reading →

What Would Mom Drink?

MattyMcBoy told me that when he heads to the wine shop he often thinks, What Would Mom Drink (WWMD)? While I can tell you that I never drink the dreaded wine that shall remain nameless, I don’t like to overpay for wine. There are some dynamite wines under $15 a bottle.  One of my favorites is just under $10.

So send me your recipes and I will match you up with some good but inexpensive wines.  Send me your recipes at feedthebadger at gmail dot com this week and I will put up a post later this week with the best food wine pairings. Continue reading →