OK. So I'm not saying you would do this, or even THINK about it. I'm not saying I ever have or would think about it. We're all friends here, and mostly in committed relationships. So this is Purely Hypothetical. (John Cusack this does not apply to you) Our twisted mixtape topic for today is: No Strings Attached You know … Continue reading Twisted MixTape 21
The First Rule of Battle – Don’t Ever Fall Asleep
You think you're safe do you? You're innocently playing a game of battleship with your son, and you're just so darn comfy on the floor there that you start to nod off... I'm sure the pillow didn't help. Then you hear the boy, "Poppy!! Wake up! You're supposed to be playing with me!" So you … Continue reading The First Rule of Battle – Don’t Ever Fall Asleep
100 Word Song – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Grabbing her clothes; she was determined to find answers today. As she slipped on her jeans she stuck her hands in the pockets and found the little Hello Kitty eraser she'd always kept as good luck. She rubbed the smooth edges; worn like velvet from absent-minded rubbing. This time it was not absent-minded. This time … Continue reading 100 Word Song – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Twisted MixTape 20
Welcome back to our regularly scheduled programming: This is your Music Director Jen Kehl coming to you from WMSK Skewed View Radio! This week finds us back to creating mixtapes based on a theme. The decades were great, and we all had a lot of fun. Now it's time to exercise our creative juices … Continue reading Twisted MixTape 20
8 Years Ago Today
Blistering heat. Like nothing. Not like back when I lived in the armpit desert that was Mesa, Arizona. This is oppressive, heavy, impossible to move. This is Plano, Texas. Unpacking a car full of too much. Too many diapers, too many onesies, too much baby stuff. But how could I know? In two days our … Continue reading 8 Years Ago Today
Twisted MixTape 19
Welcome to Twisted MixTape Tuesday, a wonderful place to share the music you know and love in the form of an itty-bitty mixtape. OK - there are no cassettes in my cassette player. Literally and figuratively. As Music Director for this lovely site I invite you to join us every week for your musical enjoyment … Continue reading Twisted MixTape 19
Die Fruit Flies, Die
Fruit flies have clearly perfected the science of traveling through worm holes. #insecttimetravel #einsteinfruitflies — Jen Kehl (@jenkehl) July 19, 2013 Stupid fruit flies and their stupid worm holes. Just for once I'd like to smack my hands together and open them to find a squished sucker. — Jen Kehl (@jenkehl) July 29, 2013 … Continue reading Die Fruit Flies, Die
A Word I Can’t Say Because I’m A Prude and I Love Steely Dan
Last week I met some amazing chicas. Collectively, they were the soul to mate, like the shot to my glass, like the Steely to my Dan. I couldn't imagine then that these lovely ladies would become so important to me that I would let them interrupt my Steely Dan extravaganza (yes I'm posting from my … Continue reading A Word I Can’t Say Because I’m A Prude and I Love Steely Dan
What You Don’t Know About Night Terrors Could Scare The Heck Out of You
He shoots up with panic in his eyes, and asks me desperately "Mama what?" My son has night terrors. He's had night terrors ever since he was very little. My son has a lot of things that don't fit into a nice little tiny box wrapped up with a bow. We began seeing a neurologist … Continue reading What You Don’t Know About Night Terrors Could Scare The Heck Out of You
That’s What Women Are For – To Civilize Men
Corn is flying everywhere as my husband shoves a cob all the way into his mouth. me: you know you are literally eating that like a pig? I do not mean the old cliché, you are eating like a pig. I mean literally - like a hog - on a farm. My husband thinks this … Continue reading That’s What Women Are For – To Civilize Men