Thursday, January 29, 2009
EarthFare Sale
20% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE (including beer and wine) on Thursday, February 5, 200...
Lost in My Nerdiness
S.S.: "Does anyone watch 'Lost?'"Me: "Me!"S.S.: "Did you understand last night's episode?"Me: "Yeah, it was awesome."S.S.: "I didn't get it."Me: "Did you watch the one before it?"S.S.: "Yes!"Me: "The enhanced one?"S.S.: "Enhanced?"Me: "With the little...
Hey, if You Had 50-Pounds Strapped to Your Waist for Three Months, You'd be Pissed, Too
As a former co-worker slow-waddles out of the office...B.O.: "Have a pleasant birthing experience!"(general laughter)S.S.: "May your epidural take you to a happy place!"(more laughter)A.C.: "Yeah, I don't do those."(laughter is silence...
Overheard at Work...
H.O.: "Is this ad a pick-up or something new?"B.O.: "Get off my ass!"H.O.: "Shut up!"Me: "I love you guys...
Ugh. Me Like Inches. And Hoo-has...
"How did I know that was you calling me?" I asked my friend, A.C."I would have called you immediately, but I was having my hoo-ha examined," she answered."Nice. Good morning, Stacey. Let's talk about my hoo-ha," I laughed. "So how is it this morning?""About...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Augusta Business says, "Con Us"
AUGUSTA, GA. - WGAC News/Talk 580 and NBC Augusta have been following a story about military personnel - and businesses wanting to market to military bases - having allegedly been scammed by a local "publishing company" called MilPubs Inc.See the info...
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Santa Clause: Why Lying To Your Children is the Best Option
AUGUSTA, GA. - When a headline makes you cringe, it’s either so heinous that it inspires international tribunals, or it hits so close to home that that it borders on Universal Truth. Before readers convene the tribunal, consider my defense of my belief...
The Dream of Every Woman of a Certain Age
Emmie won't turn four, really, until Wednesday, but we had her party yesterday, and let her think it was her birthday. Because it's not like she understands time, anyway.
All day, she would randomly shriek at friends and strangers alike"ISS MY BIRFDAY!...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
New Blackberry!
After the six months of continuous problems at T-Mobile, they finally just sent me a new telephone. I unwrap it at work with great excitement.B.O.: "Why do you have a new Blackberry?"Me: "Because I am awesome."B.O.: "... You don't even know how to use...
Monday, January 19, 2009
As Long as it Comes with a Pot of Gold...
AUGUSTA, GA. - "Mama, I'm goeend gib you a special treat."
"OOooh, what is it?"
"I not goeend tell you. Iss goeend be a secret."
"But when do I find out?"
"Iss goeend be a toy rainbow!"
I don't think she knows what a secret i...
Communication is the Key...
Scott lost his keys today...
"I think Emmie had them last," he said.
"Blame it on the three-year-old," I teased.
Emmie had been messing around on the piano yesterday. But they weren't under the keyboard cover, or under any of the furniture, or in...
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Don't Try This at Home - or in the Newsroom!
AUGUSTA, GA. - Scott and I frequently discuss the ethics and/or "relative admissibility" of writing for newspapers and radio - and even television. The guy on Fox News on the Thursday night that plane crashed into the Hudson River had us dying with...
Friday, January 16, 2009
Facebook Marketing Reaches a New Demographic
AUGUSTA, GA. - Put away your hankies, people, I'm not leaving The Metro Spirit or Augusta Parent. But an opportunity arose locally that was too good to refrain from exploring its possibilities. I was excited by the idea, but unsure what to actually...
Monday, January 12, 2009
This Train is Bound For Glory
Scott, pausing while channel flipping: "I don't know what they're selling, but I want it."I look up. It's two elderly women in suits, standing on a parquet floor with microphones, waiting awkwardly for something to happen. I don't even have to think...
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Kids' birthday parties are a blast!
3 p.m. - I'm at a birthday party for one of Emmie's classmates. I don't know any of the other parents. But the idea of a gymnastics party at the Family Y is about the cutest thing ever! The preschoolers are learning to do flips, use the springboard,...
Friday, January 09, 2009
Report: Toddlers Mimic Parents' Speech
K.J. was getting her 4-year-old ready to go to school.
K.J.: "Come on, Hannah! Hurry hurry! We gotta get ready for work and you gotta go to school. We gotta get dressed and get breakfast. Because if we don't get breakfast..."
Hannah: "We're screw...
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Glamour Shots Closes Augusta Store
AUGUSTA, GA. - Just contacted the corporate offices for the Augusta store (#23) and they tell me that it was closed this week. No more airbrushed awesomeness. Too ba...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Copy Editors at News Enterprise Show Dry Sense of Humor
Pot 'syndicate' to have joint trial ELIZABETHTOWN – A judge chose Tuesday to consolidate cases against six people charged with engaging in organized crime for what investigators say was a network of cultivation, interstate trade and sales of...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Local Newspaper Web Site Hacked by Chinese
The Metro Spirit website has been taken down in an assault by Chinese terrorists! I'm just kidding. We don't know what happened, but someone hacked our site. I think that's annoyingly awesom...
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Fraud Surrounds U.S. Military Bases
AUGUSTA, GA. - Local radio reporter Scott Hudson (my husband) has had a second story picked up by CBS News in the last couple of months. First, it was his coverage of Sarah Palin's promotion of her support of Saxby Chambliss at the James Brown Arena....
