Don’t let the bright pink cover and the telephone fool you, How To Say Goodbye In Robot by Natalie Standiford is not the type of YA romance novel you might expect. In fact there were…
Date Archives May 2011
Attempts made on Jem and/or The Holograms’ lives during the first six episodes
The Hub is showing Jem & The Holograms, and you can bet your sweet ass I’m Tivoing the shit out of it. In fact, I happened to catch a mini-marathon yesterday morning. It’s been decades…
Please do not ignore Vera Dietz
Vera Dietz is trying to ignore a lot of things: that her mother abandoned her when she was 12; that she’s only 18 and works a full-time job as a pizza delivery technician while still…
The Haughty Snob tunes in for Oprah’s finale
My friend Christa, who I call my best friend I haven’t met yet, likes to call herself a Pop Culturalist. What makes her a Pop Culturalist? Her willingness to dive head first into things she…
Wedding porn, why I won’t be seeing Bridesmaids & MN’s hate legislation
At about any given time on a Saturday you can scroll through your cable guide and find no less than four “reality” shows about weddings. Bridezillas, Say Yes to the Dress, Four Weddings (there is…
Your age is the hardest age
Ivy’s kind of a bitch. She swears in class, she spits in people’s faces, and she seems to be angry about everything. But she’s got some good reasons for being such a bitch. Her bitter,…
Glibness on two years of an unreal job
Yesterday was the second anniversary of getting laid off at my last “corporate” job (the quotes are because The Nerdery is anything but corporate). Can you believe I’ve gone two years without a real job?…
Ms. Brightside
Today is my friend Steve’s birthday. This fact has absolutely nothing to do with the contest he’s having that challenges readers to summarize what they love about where they live in three words. You should…
I would skip this one if I were you
Whiny, bratty ranting ahead. You’ve been warned. If you continue reading this post I am not responsible for any exasperated sighs or eye strained caused by continued rolling. Got it? I’m having Ruby problems again….
The search for Laura world (I was totally Team Mary)
First of all, a confession. I got the Little House on the Praire books, a yellow box set, for christmas 1981. I know this because my mother wrote my name, address, phone number, and date…