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Monthly Archives: May 2013

15 Things I’m NOT Giving Up To Be Happy

May 26, 2013

I can only think of two reasons for me to make a sacrifice. Reason #1: the chance to win obscenely big prizes (Yes, Monty, I’ll sacrifice the washer/dryer and year’s supply of dog shampoo I’ve already won for what’s behind door number three). Reason #2: someone who shares my bed or my DNA needs me. (Yes, I’ll gnaw off my own hand to help my child on the offchance that s/he will serve up some grandchildren someday.)

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Top Ten Reasons Not to Get Married (for women)

May 15, 2013

My fellow women, many brave margaritas were sacrificed to bring you the cautionary warnings in the following list. If you get married, chances are good your spouse will be a male______ [fill in blank from list below. Bonus points if you get all ten.]

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Mother’s Day Off — Part 4: BIG NEWS!!!

May 10, 2013

I promised you the BIG REVEAL… And here it is!

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Mother’s Day Off — Part 3

May 9, 2013

Calls for Men to Be Blindfolded in Public
In response to claims that men are unable to restrain themselves from committing rape if they see women in skimpy clothing, members of law enforcement agencies around the country have called for men to blindfold themselves when they are in places where they might encounter a female wearing a tank top or a short skirt.

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Mother’s Day Off — Part 2

May 8, 2013

To the conservative christian movement: This is why the bible doesn’t mention evolution.
by Nathan Caleb Taub

God: MOSES! HEAR ME!

Moses: I hear you, oh Lord! Actually, I can really hear you. Can we tone it down?

God: Oh, sorry. Is this better?

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Mother’s Day Off Part 1

May 7, 2013

All the dumb, loud, germy, messy stuff kids do that drives moms into Betty Draper-like neurosis was my mother’s creative inspiration, like the time in 1988 when she awoke at 3 AM to find me, then four years old, prying her eyelids apart with my fingers.

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They Fight Crime!

May 4, 2013

He’s an ungodly soccer-playing card sharp on a mission from God. She’s a beautiful punk fairy princess with with her own daytime radio talk show. They fight crime!

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Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life — WP article by Elsa Walsh

May 1, 2013

I think this article should be required reading for all mothers (and daughters!) Please do yourself a favor and see …

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WHERE DID NULL CITY BOOKS GO? (and how can YOU read them for FREE?)

I've split with my publisher, so books 1-4 are getting a makeover in time for the release of OPEN FARE, the final NULL CITY book. If you'd like to read free copies before then, I invite you to join our Beta Reader team. Please send email (barbtaub (at) gmail (dot) com and be sure to let me know which format you prefer. I'll send you my undying thanks plus advanced readers copies of all books, including the upcoming OPEN FARE.

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Superpowers suck? Try Null City. After one day there, imps become baristas, and hellhounds become poodles. But someone should have told them the angels were all on the other side.

Each morning, hope flares in the tiny flash of a second before I touch that first thing. And destroy it.

Warden Carey Parker's to-do list is already long enough: find her brother and sister, rescue her roommate, save Null City, and castrate her ex-boyfriend. Preferably with a dull-edged garden tool. A rusty one.

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