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Textual Healing 17 Jun 2011 | 01:41 pm
This piece originally appeared in my Off the Clock with The Checkout Girl column, over at RVA News. My kids and I are big text messagers. Whether they are at school, or I am at work, they are with fr...
Teen Angels 10 Jun 2011 | 12:44 pm
This piece originally appeared in my Off the Clock with The Checkout Girl column, over at RVA News. I heard his voice out of the corner of my ear, emanating from the television that was shouting out ...
Lunes 24 May 2011 | 06:46 am
It feels appropriate that the word Monday, and the Spanish word for Monday, Lunes, are so closely related to the moon, because I’ve been called a lunatic more than once today. Why? Well, my new proj...
Toot. 16 May 2011 | 12:49 am
I’ll admit it… I’m a bragger. I toot my own horn. And, so what? I’m only good at, like, 100 things, so I might as well tell you about them. No one else is going to do it. That is, until I get a person...
We Aren’t All Mothers, But Every One Of Us Is Somebody’s Child. 9 May 2011 | 02:04 am
My friend, Laura Watkins, a writer for The Virginian-Pilot newspaper, frequently brings me to tears, either from laughter or, you know, emotion. This piece she wrote about her mom was no exception. Y...
Will That Be Cash, Check, Charge, or The One About The Time You Saw Weird Al On The Freeway? 3 May 2011 | 01:58 pm
As much as I do this for the love of telling stories, once a day or so my kids get all demandy about wanting food and very few supermarkets will take a story at checkout. One of my favorite side jobs ...
I Don’t Need Anything But You. And 500 Channels. 30 Apr 2011 | 12:02 pm
“This month’s budget was thin, so I had to choose between cable and food.” “Mom, please tell me you chose cable.” Things are tight in the Fuck Yeah household, but not any tighter than usual. Due to...
Breast Wishes 28 Apr 2011 | 07:20 am
“I’m sorry I’m not wearing any pants,” I said, for the third time already, today. “It’s okay,” said the technician, because what else are you going to say to that sort of thing? I had my first mammo...
Sleeping With The Enemy 14 Apr 2011 | 03:03 pm
“Hi. I’d like to make an appointment.” “Okay. What test did you need?” “A mammogram.” “Fine. Let me get some information from you.” She asked all the pertinent stuff — Name, Phone Number, Insuranc...
The Young and the Pantsless Meets Genital Hospital 12 Apr 2011 | 03:21 pm
Today I had to make an unexpected trip to see the doctor. On my way out the door, I threw on my only clean clothes, which just happened to be too big jeans and fancy, satiny black panties. I arrived, ...
