When I was a kid and you had to have surgery, they knocked you out with ether. Ether is some nasty shit. My first experience was when I had to have some baby teeth surgically removed when I was about 6 years old. I remember them putting some kind of mask over my face and…
You want to know the hardest part of making my little Dikke Dame (fat lady) dolls? It’s sewing the f*cking crocheted eyes on – because I have to use a thread that won’t show. So I use clear plastic thread. This stuff is so useful, but it is a f*cking nightmare to work with. First…
Back in my high school days (lo these many many years ago), in summer we had something called the Summer Enrichment Program (SEP). SEP was kind of summer school – but made fun. For someone like me, who loved school, it was a little piece of heaven. I also loved it because they did two…
After I graduated high school, I went to a community college briefly. I went to Delta College in University City (yes that was it’s fucking name), Michigan. We referred to Delta as “Tri-High” (because it served the Tri-Cities of Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland, Michigan). I loved school, but I found college to be pointless.…
There has been some hoopla in the fatshion world about Universal Standard offering extended sizes (up to size 40) in many of their clothing options – including jeans. I have heard that Universal Standard really went all out in trying to get input for their jeans, including hiring models that could actually wear the sizes…
I moved to Los Angeles, California from Bay City, Michigan in 1978. I was not a naïve cherub. But there was a lot I was not prepared for. I moved out with a gay (now ex) friend. Our first apartment was in the Hollywood Towers (or as we referred to it the “Hollywoo Towers”). Our…
So, I am one lucky fat old lady in that I get to work from home. I am not so lucky in that I work with attorneys. These are people who charge their clients hundreds and hundreds of dollars an hour. There are highly educated and trained people who are paid to know the law.…
