Parenting. This is nothing we were ever trained for.
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Barb Taub, Weekly Column, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, Nov. 1989 My mother’s hair is getting pretty grey. As she …
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Pussycat, pussycat where have you been?
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s …
Fifty Shades of Earl Grey
I accidentally committed a tea-party last week. Of course, I’ve attended other tea parties. But the guests tended to have …
The Big Reveal!
Cover design for One Way Fare, Book I of the Null City series, coming September 1, 2013 from Taliesin Publishing. …
If Adam and Eve Sent Texts
Watching Die Hard, we noticed that if Bruce Willis had a cellphone, the movie would have been about ten minutes …
Thank You and World Peace
My Acceptance Speech:
First of all, I’d like to thank Jackie Dullea and, of course, Tina Fey for not writing humor blogs. I thank my parents, who (despite their attempts to hide it from my nine siblings) always liked me best.
Welcome to my bathroom
What if you’re away on vacation, and you come back to find that a whole bunch of people have been having a party at your house? I
15 Things I’m NOT Giving Up To Be Happy
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.)
Top Ten Reasons Not to Get Married (for women)
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.]
Mother’s Day Off — Part 4: BIG NEWS!!!
I promised you the BIG REVEAL… And here it is!
Barb Taub 