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Below is an excerpt from my book "Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Sightly Off Southern Mom." In the newsroom one day, we started talking about childhood pop star crushes. Mine was Donny Osmond, who made girls melt when he sang “Puppy Love.” Oh, how I wanted to grow up to be Mrs. Donny Osmond.… Continue reading Teen crushes: Remember when we basked in the glow of Donny’s teeth?

You don't know how many times I've told people this when they complain about how they look, such as saying they are too fat to be in a photo. Actually, I started joking about this after I looked back on a photo when I was a size 8 and very thin and I remembered thinking I looked fat… Continue reading Philosophy to live by on Meme Friday

A real phone conversation yesterday: Me: “I saw our little rabbit friend, BunBun, in front of the house this morning.” Sweetums: “I know. I saw it…wait. Did you just call it BunBun?” Me: “Well, yeah, that’s its name.” Sweetums: “We’ve talked about this. You don’t name wild animals.” Me, reasonably: “But it’s not wild anymore.… Continue reading A rabbit’s tale: How Sweetums and I see wildlife differently

After writing about the potential hazards of panties this morning (click here to read), I decided to revisit a chapter from my 2010 book "Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Slightly Off Southern Mom." Because women need to understand the dangers. On Monday, a Los Angeles woman filed a lawsuit claiming she has suffered a… Continue reading A girls’ guide to safe thong-wearing

Shazam, y’all. I read a post from Scary Mommy’s blog today about some new panties featuring animal faces with “3D” ears. She thought it was important to let women know such a thing exists, writing “You pick your favorite animal, and its face goes directly over your lady garden, and also your buttocks where the… Continue reading Before you order animal-face undies: a PSA