Why I decided to go to law school keeps fucking coming up. My application essay was all about wanting to make a fresh start after my husband died while sneaking in mentions about my professional and academic accomplishments. I’ve largely stuck to that story with my professors because what the fuck else am I going to say, but the meat of the matter ( Read more... )

The Husband and I had the lucky chance of moving into a house just as my parents were preparing to move out of theirs and dump all of their furniture for a condo in Miami, and they were kind enough to dump it all on us. This provided several life lessons, namely that furniture sized to a suburban Kansas house essentially eats up the entire room in ( Read more... )

When we were in Miami for my father’s memorial service last summer, my brother decided to mention casually that he would like for me to be the legal guardian for his children if he and his wife died. Considering how the past year had gone, I couldn’t begrudge them this consideration, but my first question was, “Seriously ( Read more... )

Oh, fuck, this thing still works. Alright, then. Let's dig in ( Read more... )

This may shock you, but there are spoilers ahead. Okay, I was just flat on the floor for a few hours after watching this the first time. Grinning from ear-to-ear, shivering with giddiness…I was no longer even human. I was like a fucking SMURF brought to life. I couldn’t form complete sentences and wanted to hug people a lot, because it was…holy ( Read more... )

Well, I learned that writing up every week in the NFL season is incredibly boring and tedious. This is important life knowledge. I do have tons that I need to add to the blog - Wizarding World of Harry Potter, yo! - but in the build-up to the final Harry Potter movie, I felt the need to rank the movies so far for my own amusement. Keep in mind, ( Read more... )

Broncos (2-6) 16 @ 49ers (2-6) 24: Absolutely nobody recalled that the 49ers had Troy Smith on their roster until this week, when he was handed the rather simple job of being more competent than Alex Smith and David Carr. I’m pretty sure Mike Singletary’s main directive was that he not shit himself on the field or try to make out with the ball or ( Read more... )

Bengals (2-4) 32 @ Falcons (5-2) 39: Atlanta was up 24-3 at the half, and as they’re wont to do, the Falcons decided to celebrate this lead by promptly blowing it. The defense just stopped trying altogether, and this wasn’t helped by Matt Ryan’s interception and Mr. Perfect Receiver Roddy White’s egregious fumble, which was returned for a ( Read more... )

I realize how late this is since we’re currently in Week 10, but it’s actually more amusing in retrospect considering how things have gone lately ( Read more... )

Aside from stupid baseball playoffs getting in the way of football, Brittfar’s sexually harassing crotch missile (it’s a cruise if you haven’t seen the pictures, and you’re lying if you say you haven’t seen the pictures), the other news this week was Randy Moss getting traded to the Vikings for telling Tom Brady his haircut makes him look like a ( Read more... )