The Middle Ages: ?
While I can't seem to find the middle-aged reference online (nor the deceased's real age), this afternoon at the gym I distinctly saw "middle-aged woman" scroll down the typed captioning of the news segment describing […]
Author: Krista
Baby Belugas
Sometimes I think I understand or should understand a topic and then the more I think about it the more I get stumped and wonder if I've actually done damage to brain cells over the […]
Vanitas
I've never followed Meghan Daum's career, though she's age-appropriate and seems like someone I should envy. (I mean, I know her basics, but have never actively sought out any of her writing.) In my 20s […]
Flipping My Lid
I couldn't sleep past 8:30am (unheard of on a weekday, let alone a Saturday) because it's so damn bright out. Too much reflective snow. I don't consider snow extreme weather–it's the normal winter stuff we […]
Girls Will Be Boys
“I looked like Matt Dillon” —Denis Leary’s wife, who seems like a funny, grounded middle-aged lady who probably isn’t anything like his fictional wife on Rescue Me even though that’s how I picture her. She […]
The Avocados, Golds and Rusts of the 2010s
Thinking about what 2013 style is (I still don't know) but I do know what screams 2012 and I'm buying all sorts of versions of it for my new apartment (which comes with an expiration […]
Cracking the Jeanetic Code
Rumors was more the soundtrack to my childhood, but my ears certainly perked up as "Tusk" appeared at the beginning and end of this week's The Americans pilot, a show I didn't even know I […]
Half Way There
Oh shit. I'm half-way through 40 today. And still nothing to show for it. I will make my second half amazing, I promise, but first I need to get dressed, get over this flu, get […]
A Flu Shot Wouldn’t Help With This, Right?
Is this the beginning of the end? I sneezed so hard that I peed myself. No biggie I thought until I realized enough urine had seeped through my underwear, past my leggings (I would not […]
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
I don't know when flu shots being recommendations for the elderly, compromised immune systems and healthcare workers shifted to encompass everyone and if you don't acquiesce you are put in the same category of non-recyclers, […]