You guys! I’ve become an inactive blogger! The blessings of Internet infamy are slipping away! Luckily, somebody called me to repentence, and here I am, ready to atone for my sins of omission. Yesterday, I made the foolish decision to watch a video of Bill Maher unbaptizing Mitt Romney’s dead father-in-law. I say “foolish” because [...]
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I’m keenly aware that a lot of my dear readers are walking into delicate, tenuous family situations this Thanksgiving. Ouch. I’m so sorry. Let me tell you about Thanksgiving 2005. I’d told my family in June that I no longer believed in the church. Months later, they were still SO NOT OVER IT. The dinner [...]
Are you guys ready for my latest Pinterest find? If God wants to be a part of my marriage, the least he could do is make dinner a couple of nights a week.
Read this first, then the following, which is a dispatch from an alternate universe: Dear Internets, Our daughter came home from college last year and told us that she was joining the Mormon church. Considering that she was raised Catholic and had always been a good Catholic, you can imagine our shock. No one can [...]
I just realized something today: I am a housewife. Well, technically I’m not a wife. Housegirlfriend. Or something. My job with the school district ended a week ago, and you know what I have been doing since then? Going to yoga class. Going to Zumba class. Baking. Snuggling my cat. It’s pretty awesome, but give me [...]
Today is St. Andrew’s Day. St. Andrew was the first disciple, and is the patron saint of Scotland, Russia, Romania and Greece. I’m kind of surprised that he isn’t the patron saint of Provo, UT, because apparently if you ask nicely, St. Andrew will send you a husband. Or something like that. Here are some [...]
While there is one clear winner for best Thanksgiving ever, there are several contenders for worst Thanksgiving ever. There was last year, when my boss’ boss hauled me into his office the day before Thanksgiving and told me that I was a horrible worker and everybody hated me. It was the first time the guy [...]
A couple of years ago, my TBM sister got married and divorced, and thank goodness for the divorced part, because her ex-husband was a nasty piece of work and his family was worse. (This is my charitable appraisal of them. My honest appraisal would be much, much bitchier.) The whole process of engagement, marriage, and [...]
I was talking to my Sassy Gay Friend today, and told him about my sister’s upcoming wedding. “Is it in the Mormon chapel?” “You mean the temple? Yeah.” “Ooooh!” he said, rubbing his hands together with glee. “Is it weird? Can I come with?” “Um yeah, neither of us are invited,” I said. “WHAT?!” “I [...]
There are two things that every Mormon kid has to figure out while growing up. A: they must realize that the whole world isn’t Mormon, and B: they must realize that being Mormon is a BIG, HUGE DEAL. The first realization came to me pretty early. I had the great fortune of moving to “the [...]
