Author Archives: Jen

146: Nativity

Posted in Musings | Leave a comment

Beater Blade

Alas, my lovely rubber-scraping mixer beater blade. is no match for these chocolate chip cookies.

Posted in Food | Leave a comment

147: Pirate Fashion Doll

My mom is working on a project which involves “rehabilitating” 11.5″ fashion dolls for my niece. One of the aforementioned dolls came home the other day with what appears to be a canine-digital mutilation. They considered hiding the considerable defect … Continue reading

Posted in Musings | 3 Comments

148: Laundromat

I’m sitting in a laundromat for the first time in close to 20 years.  My very first appliance (not counting my dorm fridge) was a washing machine that Smith (my grad school roommate) and I purchased my first year of … Continue reading

Posted in Musings | 1 Comment

149: Diva Mangia

Okay — if you’re a girl, somewhere between 10 and 50, and you don’t already have a diva cup, then you need to get one forthwith. I thought I had lost mine at a conference in OH. All sorts of … Continue reading

Posted in Musings | 2 Comments

150: Endodontistry in Spokane

This is my endodontist. And this is why my endodontist is badder than your endodontist. (And yes, that’s a lion).

Posted in Musings | 2 Comments

151: Bookshelf

What I’m reading right now: For the Adolescent Literature Seminar: For the Mom’s Book Group (which is weird, it being such an adolescent lit book . . .): Picked up just for kicks: (Okay, this is a weird book to … Continue reading

Posted in Musings | Leave a comment

152: Blessed are the Dumbfucks

There’s an article in the NY Times about a former judge who is going to bat for a young man named Qing Hong Wu, who got into trouble a few years back, reformed, and is now being tossed out of … Continue reading

Posted in Rants | 1 Comment

153: GOOG-411

I use 1-800-GOOG-411 all the time . . . and, in general, I really like it. One coda, though. I tend to speak like a computer to it, because it has difficulty understanding me. GOOG-411: What City and State? Jen: … Continue reading

Posted in Musings | Leave a comment

154: Begging for More

Last year I started an Adolescent Literature Seminar. My main reason was to give Farmerteen a “class” of kids to discuss literature with . . . so I roped in a bunch of homeschoolers and former homeschoolers to give it … Continue reading

Posted in Musings | Leave a comment