I’ll admit, when I managed to figure out how to get this site up and running pretty much all on my own, I felt like the shit. Look at me finding my way around root directories and setting up databases and monkeying around with php code!

Of course, I don’t actually know what I’m doing, so I’m . . . → Read More: This Blog May Self-Destruct

The holidays always remind me of my days as a Catholic schoolgirl. When everyone in the class goes to the church down the road, no one worries about being PC and learning about Passover. We celebrated all the Christian holidays without a moment’s worry over offending a Jehovah’s witness. As far as the school was concerned, . . . → Read More: Baaaaa, Humbug

I remember the days when I bought only whatever food was on special at the local supermarket, when I was barely able to make minimum payments on my credit cards, and when my “nice” clothes came from Target. It sucked living paycheck to paycheck. There’s no doubt about that. But there was one small (yet significant) . . . → Read More: Sometimes It Pays to Be Poor