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In 1985 book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff a boy gives in to a rodent’s request for a cookie. Once the rat gets his cookie he wants milk, then a straw to go with that and it keeps going on from there.  Even though this book is over two decades old it has the universal theme of “one thing leads to another” and if the author wanted to make yet another sequel to this book (there are nine) I would gladly give her the rights to my story for free.

One day I was in a store, just browsing.  As I walked by the dress clothes section I made a mental note that it would probably be a good idea to iron my “formal wear” before my friend’s upcoming wedding. 

Being a single mother, I can’t help but wonder what the effects of an absent father might have on my son. Sure right now he is only two months old and he doesn’t know the difference, but what is going to happen when he’s older and he sees his cousins with their father, and all the kids at school? 

So, the hot topic of the past few days. Spanking children. Everyone’s voicing their opinions on it, and that’s great. Opinions are wonderful.

But no matter what your opinion is, research has repeatedly shown that spanking can be detrimental to children. Maybe not your child, of course. And that’s fine. But if you can “discipline” in your child in a way that does not involve spanking, why wouldn’t you do it?

Here is a list of things that I’ve found online as well as thought of that can be used as alternatives to spanking. 

When an idol loses what made it great, they might as well be dead.

“When we were growing up you always looked like you were having such fun
You always were and you always will be the taller and the prettier one”

I was talking to an old friend the other day, she was commenting on a girl she used to be friends with. Smiling an odd reminiscent smile, she looked at me with a sad look in her eyes. From that point, she lamented the death of an idol in her perspective. The girl is still alive- sure, I actually know her. Yet, my friend says she might as well be dead. 

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 

first of all, let me say congratulations for graduating high school! feels good, doesn’t it?

i know some of you are super excited about college, and some of you are really anxious, and some are a mix of both. as someone who, as of today, has officially survived her freshman year of college, i’d like to impart some of my newfound wisdom on you. that is, of course, if you want it. if not, please feel free to disregard. :] 

More than ever, consumer electronics — particularly laptops, smartphones and Apple’s new iPad — are shining bright light into our eyes until just moments before we doze off. In fact it is 1:30 AM and I am on Xanga writing this blog. 

Growing up, I was the ugly kid. Or at least that is how my peers made me feel with their constant taunting and nasty words. They may have been correct in calling me ugly. I was chubby, pimple-ridden, and most of all, had the most terrible style of dressing.

Exhibit A

Parents, thanks for teaching your kids not to be brats in department stores and that it’s not okay to belch so loudly in restaurants unless they also excuse themselves just as loudly.  Thank you for keeping them from acting in ways causing them to appear before Judge Mathis, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy, or any of those other judge shows that law school professors abhor.  I appreciate those of you who’ve taught your princes and princesses the importance of being well-mannered around other adults who might record them on YouTube and make them the scourge of the Internet.  I have no kids, so I won’t presume I know what more you could do to teach them the ways of maturity, except to make one suggestion that may not even have anything to do with what you’ve done or not done to fashion them into contributing members of social security… I mean society: