Solo Mother

July 2nd, 2008

Ahh, summertime, and the New York Times is easy

PICNIC!
I love it when the New York Times comes up with quick culinary fixes like their 101 20-Minute Dishes for Inspired Picnics. The KoE and I love picnics.
I’m in charge of salads for my mother’s rooftop Fourth of July celebration. I think I’ll make…

Number 12: Slice a few bulbs of fennel and some tart […]

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November 21st, 2007

Sesame Street is inappropriate for small children. (pause) Huh?

Ok, that’s it. I’ve had it. We’ve gone too far, and this mamby-pamby, politically-correct, protect our children from reality at all costs bullhockey must stop.
The first episodes of Sesame Street come with a warning label more appropriate for today’s rap singers than classic children’s television: in what universe has this venerable show been deemed […]

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July 20th, 2007

Your summer supper worries are over, single mothers!

Print this one up on the biggest piece of paper your printer will accommodate and tape it to your fridge.
101 Simple Meals in 10 minutes or less, from the New York Times.
Consider #13:
Gazpacho: Combine one pound tomatoes cut into chunks, a cucumber peeled and cut into chunks, two or three slices stale bread torn into […]

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January 16th, 2007

What a crock of NYTimes BS — journalism and society at its finest.

Please tell me that schools today are teaching children how to read statistics and come to their own conclusions? Because the piece of fluff the New York Times pulled out of its nether regions is a great lesson in how to make the numbers say whatever you want them to. GASP! 51% of Women Are […]

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