I’m so excited to kick off my new Ask Lola column because I am just brimming with sarcasm and assholery, and what better way to express it than to offer shitty advice to people with real problems? I received so many awesome problem submissions that it was impossible for […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Let me begin by saying thank you to Mrs. Sammich for letting me post on her blog. I feel the need to thank her not only because she is a brilliant mama blogger who is letting me stink up her space with my venting about my […]
One objection to marriage equality that I encounter frequently is the argument that allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry damages family institutions. First, there’s the assertion that marriage equality somehow fucks up existing marriages. I don’t get this. How does whom another person chooses to marry affect one’s own […]
It’s that holly, jolly, jiggly, wiggly time of year, y’all! Time for lights and spiked eggnog and extended family and Jesus and eating your feelings. It’s the most wonderful time of year! Which is why I don’t understand why some people have got to be hatin’ on my man, Kris Kringle. […]
The interwebs is an amazing place. It has completely redefined how we communicate. It has transformed the way the news works and has made everyday people producers and transmitters of knowledge. And it has blessed us with YouTube videos of cats doing cat shit and people also doing cat shit […]
I am just three days shy of three weeks postpartum with my third child (apparently three is the magic number), and I made the mistake of looking at myself naked in the mirror this morning. Jesus. Fucking. Christ. I’m not sure there’s anything else I could say that would capture the […]
Many parents are happy to share their success stories with others — stories about how they weaned their baby off the bottle or how they manage to prepare a healthy meal each night. What they aren’t so happy to share, however, are the humorous and sometimes shocking parenting choices they […]
I had my third c-section on Tuesday, and holy shit, you guys, I survived. I’m still here, as is my perfectly beautifully awesomely wonderful baby. Most people would expect this result — the still being here thing — but I am not most people. Most people are not crazy. I […]