I very rarely eat fast food. Precooked food doused in salt and grease and left to marinate under a light for a few hours is decidedly unappetizing to me. However, every once in a great while, I’ll witness a commercial utilizing clever computer graphics in such a way that it almost makes the slop they’re [...]

V: She said if I had anything to say to her, I should say it to her face. So I did.
Husband: What did you say?
V: I told her she had a double chin. Then she said that she didn’t care about what I thought. So I said, ‘Yeah right, that’s why you’re [...]

My husband’s youngest child has developed a bit of a lying problem. He lies to get out of trouble. He lies to avoid doing something he doesn’t enjoy. He lies to get attention or to get people to like him. Sometimes, he lies for no apparent reason at all.
I tried to explain to him that [...]

V:  I think I’m going to get my haircut today.
Friend:  You should go to the guy I always use. He does an amazing job.
V:  Isn’t your hairdresser that gay guy they always write about in the paper?
Friend:  That’s the one!
V:  No thank you. I’ll never go to a gay hairdresser.
Friend:  Why not?  I mean, he [...]

I was kind of a strange little kid.
Actually, I’m being easy on myself. The truth of the matter is that I was somewhat delusional. For example, I thought I was a superhero. This is not to say I was an active girl with a healthy imagination, either. Oh no. I really believed that I was [...]