thebitterlinguist’s blog Vox 2008-07-08T20:39:43Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c225281698f219/ helping the world one rant at a time Vignette No. 1 tag:vox.com,2008-06-25:asset-6a00c225281698f21900fae8c63c28000b 2008-06-25T17:21:12Z 2008-07-08T20:39:43Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

oh dear I've done it now

OPENING SCENE: So on our way up to Ladyparts, WI last weekend we stopped in Eau Claire (where my third son is interred) to pay our respects at the mausoleum. When we got there I realized I was ill-prepared...I had not picked up any flowers for h...

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]]> Tatt Ho tag:vox.com,2008-06-25:asset-6a00c225281698f21900fa9681a15a0002 2008-06-25T14:52:54Z 2008-07-03T04:48:33Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Oh yes maam it does

Am recovering from quite a weekend. In the last six months I have been working with a non-profit started by a woman in my community whose daughter was murdered by her abusive boyfriend. (If you want to read more pick up this month's issue o...

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]]> Back from the Abyss tag:vox.com,2008-06-17:asset-6a00c225281698f21900fae8c3daa9000b 2008-06-17T21:06:54Z 2008-06-25T15:40:19Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Me

I have not posted in eons...thot I would wander back and say Howdy Neighbors. My life has changed a bit and getting through that required a lot of my energy. Another divorce folks. Yes me and the Numister hit the skids last Fall. He became pr...

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]]> Shrink wrapped tag:vox.com,2007-08-28:asset-6a00c225281698f21900e398a25c290005 2007-08-28T18:52:50Z 2007-08-30T01:00:43Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bye Bye Birdie

Hey everyone! I took a hiatus this summer basically because I could not think of a darn thing to say. At least that would be at all interesting. And in fact, still cannot. Who knew dealing with all my issues would leave me so....boring? Or at le...

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]]> Do these pants make my labia look fat? tag:vox.com,2007-06-19:asset-6a00c225281698f21900d4143f1c39685e 2007-06-19T16:36:16Z 2007-10-07T02:03:43Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

i'm okay, you're okay

If you weren't completely depressed before this rant...please read on to feel the urge to open not one, but every vein in your arm. As if the plastic boob epidemic were not enough...we now have women going under the knife for designer vaginas (I...

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]]> Embraceable you tag:vox.com,2007-05-18:asset-6a00c225281698f21900d41438f9cc3c7f 2007-05-18T18:06:28Z 2007-08-28T19:10:09Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Summer Nap

This goes out to all my Voxland perimenopausal girlfriends out there. Read this and then give yourself a snack and or a nap in honor of Who You Are Right Now! Weight management is a little different during perimenopause. Why is that? Wh...

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]]> Can't we all just get along tag:vox.com,2007-04-27:asset-6a00c225281698f21900d41430f6636a47 2007-04-27T19:39:25Z 2007-05-03T20:50:00Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

I'm okay, you're okay

Yesterday I was "talking" with my dearly beloved about the kids, and some of the issues we face as a blended family. Quotation marks are needed because you and I both know it was more like we were fighting like a couple of tipsy seagulls. Skawki...

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]]> Writer's block tag:vox.com,2007-04-19:asset-6a00c225281698f21900d09e651744be2b 2007-04-19T21:15:07Z 2007-04-27T20:42:34Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I have been on a hiatus from Vox and feeling badly about it too. But now I am back...too much work related hysteria, and a bit of a dry spell in terms of writing. Will post something soon.

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]]> Trifle with this tag:vox.com,2007-03-17:asset-6a00c225281698f21900d414267e9f6a47 2007-03-17T05:15:25Z 2007-08-07T01:59:21Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

somebody is feeling their oats

Lately, kids, I have been taking stock. Mainly because sometimes when I am sitting across from someone who barely knows me, or thinks they know me, or tells me something about myself that they think they have figured out, I am tempted to reach ac...

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]]> I see green when I close my eyes tag:vox.com,2007-03-15:asset-6a00c225281698f21900d414221647685e 2007-03-15T22:20:27Z 2007-04-04T15:43:40Z thebitterlinguist http://thebitterlinguist.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

same idea

WHEW, PEOPLE! I just came up for air after a week and a half of being caught in the swirling vortex that was the introduction of a controversial proposed piece of new legislation. Press conference, media blitz, scheduling nightmare, phone 'n ema...

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