So you planned a trip with your handy-dandy travel buddy. It's going to be fucking phenomenal. It's booked. It's paid for. It's kind of planned. Then your travel buddy is rude enough to have a family emergency/die/breakup with you. You could be fucked. Or you could grab your balls, pull up your big-girl panties, or … Continue reading Solo Travel for the Anxiety Ridden Human
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Happy New Year and Such
Today is the first day of the year 2019 in the common era. Every human in existence is wiped clean of the bull shit that they did, or didn't do, in the past year or years. We must all take a moment and reflect on the things we have failed to do in order to … Continue reading Happy New Year and Such
Family Friendly Holiday Conversation Starters for Every Uncle is a Drunk Uncle
Politics have always been a touchy subject when large groups gather, your family at Christmas is no different. You are either trying to mediate your aunts Marge and Martha as dredge up shit from high school to use as ammo as to why the one or the other is super fucking wrong for not donating … Continue reading Family Friendly Holiday Conversation Starters for Every Uncle is a Drunk Uncle
Ruining Christmas and Other Jolly Holiday Activities for You and Your Friends
It is smack-dab in the of December, there is a chill in the air, the menorah and the Christmas tree are glowing in the center of town and I have spent so much money at the craft store that they gave me a free glittery wreath/candle holder that is awkwardly too small to be a … Continue reading Ruining Christmas and Other Jolly Holiday Activities for You and Your Friends
Resolute You
I'd be a bad blogger, and a worse life coach, if I didn't tell you what to do to get your life back on track after another year of just living. I mean, what are you doing with your life if you aren't gearing up to invest in yourself at this moment of annual renewal? … Continue reading Resolute You
Christmas Shopping on the Tightest of Budgets
I got my haircut today, which means my budget is shot for the month. I'll maintain my lifestyle of coffee made by over educated Etsy vendors with the plethora of rewards cards I've accumulated. If it wasn't weeks before Christmas surviving on a $14 a day budget for a month would be a challenge but … Continue reading Christmas Shopping on the Tightest of Budgets
Ghosts of Tinder Past
We've all been there. Thanksgiving has come and gone. Aunt Marge has bullied you about your weight. Uncle Frank has announced that its ok by him that you're "one of the gays" because that's the only reason you could possibly be single at your age. Your pants are a little tighter than they were in … Continue reading Ghosts of Tinder Past
Beating the Heat: A Post that’s Not about Cops or Handjobs (or is it?)
The man on the radio said that the heat index was 105 and creeping up. My electric bill is quadruple December bill. I haven't seen a snake in six weeks. It's summer. And with the joys of beach vacations and lazy days by the pool come some traumatic side effects. Don't let lime burns and … Continue reading Beating the Heat: A Post that’s Not about Cops or Handjobs (or is it?)
O Holy…Shit: A Guide to Forgetting Stuff at Christmas
This is the eve of Christmas and the shelves at the grocery store are as bare and Target is a mad house filled people who have driven halfway across the country to stay with family they don't even really like that much. You did better this year, with lists and schedules and tick marks to … Continue reading O Holy…Shit: A Guide to Forgetting Stuff at Christmas
Christmas Wishes: A Comprehensive Guide to Gifts for Giving
The story of Christmas starts in a manger about 2000-ish years ago. The story continues that three dudes showed up with some gifts for a child who was born at that manger and then eventually those dudes gifts got all mixed up with bags of money left by a Turkish dude so a father could … Continue reading Christmas Wishes: A Comprehensive Guide to Gifts for Giving
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