Shannon

  I will not be posting many “mommy” posts, but this one was too hard to pass on.  My daughter drew this picture of someone pooing on the potty.  I was especially amused that she was careful to draw and label the air freshener.  That girl’s got her priorities right! Posted by Shannon
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Last week, I started enjoying writing–a lot. I would say I have been invigorated and have a new sense of purpose. I wrote for and edited my high school newspaper, and started out at the University of Missouri-Columbia (one of the top journalism schools at the time) as a journalism major. My dream was...
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My family had a pretty good time seeing this.  There are just not enough movies that you can go to with your kids and be entertained.  More often than not, I am dreading my choices.  Last weekend I artfully dodged the task of having to go see Race to Witch Mountain with my kids....
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  I am a Comicon newbie.  I have been wanting to check it out for a few years.  I’ve been somewhat fascinated with the subculture since I saw Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy (1997).  Since I have recently seen Watchmen (twice) and I am currently reading the graphic novel, I thought this would be a...
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I originally wanted to make this a movie-centric blog, but seeing as I don’t live on the east or west coast that is probably not a realistic idea. I will, however, give movies I’ve seen a shout out, and I see a lot. To avoid going to movie rehab I came clean as an...
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I won’t mislead you. There will be curse words. I’m capable of making Christian Bale blush. Because I am a mom of two, I hold those choice words in all day. That is not an easy endeavor. I have seriously considered super-glueing my lips together. However, I fear the words would escape and reconfigure...
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With the ever expanding cavalcade of bad news bearing down on me like the four horses of the apocalypse I have found myself reverting to full hermit mode as a defense mechanism. For many of the last few months I have cowered under my alternative down comforter nursing a cocktail and sucking my thumb,...
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