Month: April 2013

Bess, You Is My Vagina Now

Published on: by Missy O'Brien 3 Comments

The lilting strains of George and Ira Gershwin’s perfect love song have filled my head this week – updated to reflect the new language of our times.  Things have changed since 1935; our legislative bodies now define us by our body parts. We body parts should probably start playing the part. I Am Vagina, Hear […]

Tilley Hats and Blue Sound Tracks

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“Oh, yes!  Yes!” (pound, pound)  “More!  Oh, that’s so good!  I’ve been waiting all day for this! Oh, oh, oh!” (pound, pound) “Don’t stop!” Husband and I tried a new “Encourage the Grown Children to Leave the Home” technique last night.  It might have been more effective if we hadn’t collapsed in loud giggles afterward, […]

Booby Traps

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Join me here in astonishment!  I am about to defend the Barbie doll. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to do so.  But flexibility keeps us young; we need agile limbs and limber attitudes to handle those hard inflexible bumps in the road of life — like Barbie’s boobs. My mother wouldn’t have […]

The Covenant at ARC

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I larked to my favorite thrift store last week to search for some perfect garment that would change my life and fortune and bring me ultimate happiness, all for less than $20.  It’s the seeking that matters, after all, not the finding.  I generally get a lot of pleasure from these jaunts. But it was […]

Busted and Gone With The Wind

Published on: by Missy O'Brien 6 Comments

A year or so ago, Son #2 got caught illegally downloading a movie onto his computer in the wee hours of the night – some silly sci-fi thing that he probably could have purchased legally for a song.  The thrill of Tech Piracy seduced him.  The internet account is in my name; I received a […]