Archive for the ‘Ms. Know-It-All’ Category

30 by 40

August 1, 2008

Overheard across the blogosphere:
Reader 1:  What’s Susan up to now with this “30 by 40″ bit?
Reader 2:  I think it’s another one of Susan’s blogging gimmicks. You know how she is.
Reader 3:  Yeah, I think you’re right, Reader 2. For chrissake the woman ate goat and jumped out of a plane just to increase her page [...]

Balance, Enlightenment and Other Unholy Grails

June 17, 2008

A few weeks ago I noticed there was some serious bad juju going on around me. One example: a former co-worker suffered a near-fatal heart attack. Forty years-old, a mother of two or three; someone who eats right, works out faithfully and was just commenting to another co-worker how happy and stress-free her life had [...]

Defining Mom

May 10, 2008

In case you haven’t seen or heard the zillions of jewelry, flower, and card commercials, tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I love being a mom… but to be honest, Mother’s Day has traditionally been a bit bittersweet for me. In fact, my first Mother’s Day after my divorce was the hardest holiday to get through in [...]

The Case of the Missing Blogger

March 4, 2008

Hello, dear readers!
Do you remember a witty, charming and intelligent blogger named Susan, who largely disappeared for the month of February, outside of book reviews and confessing to celebrity crushes gone bad?
No? Well, how about just a blogger named Susan?
(If you’ve answered “No” for a second time, please skip to the end. Otherwise, read on.)
Let [...]

Things people say

January 21, 2008

Since being divorced and becoming a single mom, I’ve noticed that people sometimes assume things about me — my relationship status, how I spend my time, who I am. I’ve been collecting these tidbits for a while now and thought I’d share them with you. I know some of the people were well-intentioned; I just [...]

Can I get her paycheck, too?

November 28, 2007

Lulu over at Lulu’s Laundry recently admitted to being a nerd — a nerd infatuated with Anderson Cooper, to be more specific — but forgetting the Anderson factor for a moment, Lulu found out by taking this little test that she is a nerd of the Velma variety. Naturally I had to take the test [...]

Online Dating: Separating Fact from Fiction

November 18, 2007

I’ve been on the dating scene for a few years now and have tried various ways of meeting people: set-ups by friends, speed dating, joining a singles volunteering organization (now defunct), stalking men in Lowe’s, and online dating. I’ve tried various online dating sites in this time: Match, eharmony, Chemistry, SingleParentsMeet, GreatBoyfriends. I’m not here [...]

This Friday’s Public Service Announcement

October 26, 2007

I took off of work yesterday and am at home again today. Over on the kitchen table is a roll of gray-silver duct tape, aluminum foil, scissors, tape, a bag and flexible aluminum dryer ducting. Over here at my desk I am surfing through my favorite blogs. In other words: I am procrastinating making T-Rex’s [...]

An interview with…me!

October 14, 2007

You may recall that, back in August, I was tagged to share 8 random facts about me. Random they were — and fascinating, too, especially the parts about the olive loaf, America’s Funniest Home Video rage, and primate social behavior, if I do say so myself. You may also recall from previous posts that I [...]

It’s all about me

August 26, 2007

Cindy over at My Brilliant Mistakes recently tagged me for a blogger’s list-meme, so I wanted to delight her - and you - with eight random facts about me. It will also make up for the fact I haven’t blogged in a few days.
Here are the rules:
(The rules are more interesting if you imagine a [...]