(Barb’s Guide to Films: if the characters kiss a lot, have sex, and then kill each other, it’s American. If the characters smoke a lot, have sex, and then kill themselves, it’s foreign.)
“This did not, BTW, have anything to do with natural childbirth. If God didn’t want us to have caffeine, She would not have given us espresso beans, chocolate, or Paris.”
I love Halloween. And by that I mean, of course, I love the excuse to buy giant bags of candy …
A priest, a minister and a rabbi were talking about when life begins. The priest said: “Life begins at conception.” …
“I’m worried about them.” My daughter was visiting her sister, who had just delivered her second child. “I don’t think …
I would be a lot more judgmental, but I too have spawned. There are some cities—and okay, and a few states. And maybe Mexico…—to which I will never be able to return. But I have learned a few things…
I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes—and six months later you have to start all over …
Perfect Mother’s Day Present—Mom needs it and so do you! Good news! For Mother’s Day, you can get Mom her …
I also could have studied math. But I’m still convinced that the best place for calculus in my life is punishment. (As in “Barb, the court finds you guilty of the crimes of baby murder and playing the accordion in public, and sentences you to twenty years of hard calculus.”)
My father’s other rule was to say the rosary every time we went farther than the corner. Since he had a habit of turning around and watching us as we stumbled through our “Hail Marys” in the back seat, these trips contained some of my most deeply moving religious experiences. “A nun, God,” I’d bargain. “I’ll enter the convent if you make my father look at the road.”
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