midwesternmom
midwesternmom
midwesternmom

My mother went to a local workshop along these lines, and walked out after she was instructed to go home and apologize to my father for taking on the masculine role in the relationship because the teacher knew my mother does all the yardwork. In pants. My mother later saw the bitchy teacher trying to clean out her Read more

And by "pampered" he means having the Secret Service diaper him in case his limited cognitive abilities failed to warn him to use the bathroom. Read more

@yinyang: And I loved the Obama comment, that his accident rendered him partially mute. Read more

Is that an odd angle, or is he missing part of his middle finger? Read more

For the second time, I read that item as "there is a trailer of Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson constantly doing sex" and I was bitter that the only trailers I get to see in the theater are for horrible remakes of eighties movies that should have been lost alone. Read more

I read the article, and it said the police discovered "inconsistencies" when they viewed surveillance tapes. But even if she consented to entering a bathroom to make out, she might not have consent to intercourse. I want to know when she stopped consenting, because the acts following that should be fully charged. It Read more

"And then Oksana took her face and rammed it into my fists. Repeatedly. Hey, where's MY sympathy?" Read more

My brother, a Harley-riding, gun-toting mechanic, has the most beautiful penmanship. Nice round, Palmer-method script. Just like a girl, or someone who likes to be neat and orderly. Read more

The other day I looked in my closet at my vast array of longish vests and exclaimed, "I have become Maude!" Yep, that is my era-early feminist. Read more

@Mamaw: And a lot of times their hands are tied by the outcome of lawsuits that have mandated "Family First" for placement. If they can come up with a relative with no history of abuse or arrests, good luck trying to not place the kid there. I have literally watched a caseworker check on 5 different family members Read more

@Ms B. Having: And the most famous deadbeat dad ever. Did he ever send child support? Offer to take Jesus for a holiday so Mary and Joseph could have some quality time? No, it was all "I'm too busy running the universe, I don't do diapers." Read more

@daisyhalfwit: Yes, the one who got fired for her topless photos and missed appearances. She was rumored to be on next season's Survivor, but maybe her pregnancy will prevent that shark-jumping travesty. Read more

Does the pie lobby lead into the Hall of Pies? Do they each have their own pedestal, right at snacking height? Can we make this happen? Read more

@Flackette Knits A Lot: As he has matured, his face has slimmed down and appears longer and more like his father. Poor kid. At least he still has his mother's mouth. Read more

Why couldn't this have coincided with Tom Cruise's auditioning of wives? They are the perfect storm of crazy. Read more

@queenhobart: They make magnetic clasps for jewelry now. I replaced my grandma's for her, and added a safety chain in case it came undone accidentally. Read more

Last week I revived the Jello Punch Cake for my office Halloween party. Bake a white cake from a mix, poke holes in it with a skewer while warm, and pour jello into the holes. Let it set up, then frost it with pudding. I used orange jello and chocolate pudding, and it was so sickeningly sweet my teeth melted with joy. Read more