Irish Daisy

Renée Zellweger’s face is everywhere today, or should I say Renée Zellweger’s new face. It bothers me...a lot. Why? Oh, let me count the ways. First, and probably foremost, with all of the bad, bad shit going on in the world today, why in the name of sanity is any media this obsessed with how a woman looks – even if that woman once starred in some films. Seriously, even talking about Ebola some more would be preferable to this manufactured horror about a woman, gasp, appearing to age because, you know, she’s gotten fu!#!$@# older. Second, the faux shock that she may have had plastic surgery! Double gasp!!! Who the hell cares what she’s done with her face? Really? How does it affect anyone but her, the doctor who’s Land Rover she paid off and casting directors? It’s not like Hollywood, or all of Southern California for that matter, is unfamiliar with the concept of elective cosmetic procedures. I will admit that when I saw the picture I thought, “oh, poor thing.” But I was mostly ...

You know what really sucks? Back-to-school viruses, that’s what really sucks right now. I’m home with stricken kid #2.  First Athena was laid low by some bug and an immune system that jacked her furnace up to 102. Now Badger has been nailed. Though I don’t think it’s the same thing because Athena had a wicked sore throat and lost her voice while Badger has a heinous cough and a fever of only 100. Her throat and voice are just fine – as she is currently demonstrating by wandering around the house singing at the top of her lungs punctuated by the occasional coughing fit (and I bark "cover your mouth!" every time). I may feel terrible Luckily, Badger’s bouncing back really quickly; which is good because Athena’s illness over the weekend made us delay their joint birthday party again and we’re now more than a month out from their actual birthdays. If we had to delay it one more time Athena would lose it. Also silver lining, I’m getting some stuff done around here that I ...