These are hilarious. Weight Watcher Recipe Cards, circa 1974. I first blogged about them on myspace back in February 2006, but they’re worth a second look. The best part of this site is the author’s descriptions of the dishes. I’m sitting here laughing out loud all over again. Scroll down to the bottom of the [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 29, 2008
life as a public servant
Library work can be – and for me, usually IS – very rewarding. I manage an inner city library branch where the patron base is largely African American and poor. We have a growing Hispanic population as well, which allows me to finally put that BA in Spanish to work. Kids in our community are [...]
July 28, 2008
perfect underwear
Okay, first let me start by saying that in a perfect world I would not shop at and support the commercial giant that is Wal-Mart. I would buy all my food at the local food co-op and purchase organic clothing, etc. But the reality is … I’m broke. So, when I bought a new bra [...]
July 25, 2008
Meet Zoe
Meet our family dog, Zoe. I decided that Zoe can keep her real name since she’s a canine, although this would be a fun opportunity to name her since we didn’t have that chance when we got her back in December. See, my sister, who I think we’ll call Girl Interrupted (I’m leaving out [...]
July 22, 2008
anonymity
Welcome to what will become my little corner of the Internet universe. I have other little corners as well. (A myspace corner, a Flickr corner, a goodreads corner, a blogger corner … boy that’s a lot of corners… ) But, inspired by my friend Sus, who has issued pseudonyms for her children and husband, and [...]
