I am currently employed as a legal word processor. Most of my work experience is as a legal secretary/paralegal – estate planning, probate, and transactional (including entity formation, corporate formalities, real estate, contracts, etc.), plus some bookkeeping thrown in. I am also certified as an medical insurance coder and medical transcriptionist. Nothing in this has…

A lot of fat people feel terrorized by the scale. I can absolutely respect this. Fat people are subject to all kinds of abuse and discrimination simply because of the number on a scale. Sometimes that abuse comes from others, sometimes from within. I don’t let the scale rule my life, but I do weigh…

My Grandma Harris was the sweetest little old lady you would ever want to meet. She was the picture of what a grandma is supposed to be. But she was definitely MY Grandma. I have three favorite memories that prove it. First. I used to tickle my Grandma’s feet when she was sitting in her…

I know most of our days are spent screaming WTF at our local news sources as frustrating and confusing reports on COVID-19 continue to flood the news. But not all WTF’s are COVID-19-centric. Like my WTF – it’s merely COVID-19 adjacent. Every year, over Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I attend a local science…

Theater audiences are wonderful. But theater audiences are easily distract – SQUIRREL. They are also easily worried. The thing is, as a performer, you need to be aware of anything that might pull your audience out of the show. Things like: A costume malfunction (it becomes a show about that unzipped fly); Trip hazards (it…

My default in life is to stay at home. This lifestyle works perfectly with my depression and social anxiety. So you would think this whole “shelter in place” thing would be right up my alley. I’m fine when I’m choosing to stay at home – but tell me I HAVE to stay at home ……

Some of the studies I see are just so fucking obvious, I have to wonder why did we need a study about this? There’s this one: Appearance-related teasing and substance use during early adolescence. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-08995-001 Can you guess what they found? Come on.  You know the answer to this one. There is an association between…

When I was living in Los Angeles, I used to walk to and from work.  Saved me the monthly bus pass and it was enjoyable and good for me. (Those were the days I enjoyed walking.  Those days are long gone.) Being a woman, albeit a fat woman, I would get hit on from time…

I have been meaning to try out a new recipe for cooking a brisket in the crockpot. Full disclosure, my Lucky Supermarket does not carry anything as exotic as a brisket, so I opted for a rib roast of the same weight called for in the recipe. The recipe calls for the brisket to cook…

Theater folk are often reminded, “The show must go on.” But sometimes, that just isn’t true. God (that I don’t believe in) knows, theater people will do all they possibly can so that the show goes on, but sometimes, you just run into a brick wall, and there’s no getting around it. Of the years…