Mrs. Westover was a great math teacher at John Glenn High School. She was also a fascinating person.  In class she would, from time to time, drop little stories about her life outside the classroom. She had a sister who was a nun.  When the Catholic church allowed nuns to show their hair, Mrs. Westover’s…

Believe it or not, this is not a political complaint. This is a complaint about behavior.  Pure and simple. I wasn’t sure that I could stand to listen to the first Presidential debate. I was right.  I got through maybe 10 minutes before I took my book and my fat old lady ass into the…

What do you do when you are injured or ill and you have no understudy? In community theater this issue comes up. If you are in the ensemble, chances are they can reblock around you or adjust what you are doing to accommodate your injury or illness. And if you’re a lead?  I have only…

2020 needs to just stop. It’s enough.  I give up.  Okay? #fuck2020; #fuckcancer Yesterday, I woke up to the news that my friend Bryan Miller is gone.  I haven’t seen Bryan in many years – I moved to Northern California and he moved to the Palm Springs area – but he was such an important…

Fat people often have a rough time getting appropriate medical care.  Even when not appropriate, the only advice they sometimes get is “lose weight.” This advice is ridiculous on its face because (as any physician OUGHT to know) there is no known way to achieve long term substantial weight loss.  This problem is exacerbated when…

Every now and then I get it stuck in my fat old lady head that it is a different day. For example, today, I am convinced that it is Friday. I KNOW that it is Thursday, and I keep reminding myself that it is Thursday … But in my heart of hearts I am sure…

We’ve been in a shelter-in-place kind of limbo for 6 months now. There are over 200,000 Americans dead. We are getting close to having 1,000,000 people dead worldwide. DEAD. And still people want to deny and/or politicize this virus. WTHF is wrong with people?

Okay.  I’m almost caught up on my “new episodes” of shows I watched. But first I watched all of Legends of Tomorrow (as available on Netflix).  Pretty sure there are more coming – or I could possibly watch more On Demand, but I kind of need a break. Then I watched the Netflix available episodes…

I farted yesterday. You might say farting is a time-honored tradition in the Cotter family.  My father was the king of farts.  We would be sitting around the table playing a game of Michigan Rummy and he would start focusing on his cards – not looking up at all – and then the dreaded smile…

I read this article from Volup2.com and I mostly disagreed with it. https://www.volup2.com/articles-and-blog/2020/7/28/no-laughing-matter-a-history-of-body-shaming-in-comedy-by-fionna-farrell Is there fat shaming in comedy? Absolutely. Do I hate it? Absolutely. But the two examples used are, I believe, are extremes – Bill Maher is a well-known fat hater.  He is the kind of person who cannot be dissuaded by science…