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  1. Lost and Found in Austen: A Jane Austen Education

    5/25/11 6:30am by kirida
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    It is truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a wide vocabulary and a thirst for knowledge would benefit very much from being deflated from his grand idea of himself. A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz is the journey of an author, academic, all-around smartypants.  Read more >

  2. Stunt Vaginas on the Big Screen

    3/7/10 8:00am by kirida
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    I was at girls' night out, complaining about how I hate that scene in the movie Knocked Up when Katherine Heigl’s character is giving birth and one of the stoner roommates walks into the delivery room and runs out because he sees her vagina.  Read more >

  3. Chatroulette: Media Spin or Real Concern?

    3/5/10 7:42am by kirida in Family Connections Comments (8)
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    There's a new phenom to hit the internet block: a website that randomly connects you and your webcam to other users called Chatroulette.  I skimmed over the various requisite media reports about the danger it could pose to children and teenagers, but I wasn't convinced.  Isn't the internet itself a cadre of caveat emptor brambles we try to step through, anyway?  I remember my teen days on ICQ, IRC, and the numerous chat rooms where conversations opened and closed, graphic language flung my direction.  Danger?  Really?  Read more >

  4. Go Forth, but Don't Multiply

    3/4/10 9:00am by kirida
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    Vasectomy

    As Told to Mona by Mike, Her Husband I’d like to tell you I’m sharing this story in the hopes that one other guy will read it and feel more fully informed or that the subject will be somehow demystified. But the truth is, I need to write about it to process it myself. The tadpole party is over! I had a vasectomy today.  Read more >

  5. My Pregnancy Hunger: Step Away From the Flax Seed

    2/23/10 9:00am by kirida
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    The latest development in my pregnancy is how incredibly HUNGRY I have become. It’s pretty scandalous how lustful I am for food. The other day, my husband Mike was telling me how he had lunch at Salty’s, one of my favorite Seattle restaurants, and I forced him to illustrate his meal in slow, vivid details. “Oh you had mashed potatoes? Were they creamy? Mama likes them rich and creamy. Yeah, you work it with your buttery carbs, you dirty side dish! YOU LOOK AT ME LIKE YOU HAVE A SECRET!”  Read more >

  6. Putting the Wii Away: A Family Intervention

    2/22/10 3:38am by kirida in Family Connections Comments (5)
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    I'll admit, I was hooked on the Wii, particularly the game: the New Super Mario Bros for the Wii.  It spoke to my nostalgic love of 90s Nintendo games, my need to recreate that love in my son.  The game, in itself, is addictive, albeit frustrating.  Giant catepillars?  Dumb fuzzy squares that KILL?  Still, I had to play and I did until I reached World 8, the final frontier (unless you've received all the Star Coins and unlocked World 9).  I was an addict.  Read more >

  7. Pregnancy Farting: Et Tu, Boo-tay?

    2/18/10 9:00am by kirida
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    This weekend I was shooting a wedding when sometime during the reception, I farted. I was fortunate that the music was loud enough to mask it, but still. It was enough for me to feel paralyzed at the horror that the pregnancy farting has begun, and I can’t help it. You can’t unring a bell, and you can’t keep that molten air pocket from escaping my massive butt and releasing into the air. Even if it gets trapped in your pants and you have to shake it out because that air bubble is so obvious!  Read more >

  8. Mother, Blogger, (Somewhat) Felon

    2/6/10 9:00am by kirida
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    Last week, I came home and found a note on my windshield. I thought it was from one of the neighbors asking me not to be a butthole about parking my car. Instead, it was a $42 parking ticket because my tabs had expired last month, and I haven’t gotten around to paying it because I am lazy and I don’t need The Man telling me what to do. I’m going rogue! Nissan Rogue! After I improve my credit score for a low-interest rate! I grabbed the ticket and sulked inside, where I grumbled as I renewed my tabs online and printed out my receipt.  Read more >

  9. Do young adult classics need a tech update?

    2/4/10 6:39am by kirida in Family Connections Comments (0)
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    I read a few weeks ago about Scholastic's idea to re-issue one of my favorite all-time book series: The Baby-Sitters Club.  At first I was excited to see new life breathed into the teen tales of Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey.  There were few fans of BSC greater than I was.  I had the board game, the Super Specials, and the guide to baby-sitting (which I remembered had nothing on CPR but inane tips on how to feed kids such as sticking a straw into an orange!). &n  Read more >

  10. My husband is from Mars, I am from Google

    1/13/10 2:42am by kirida in Family Connections Comments (9)
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    Men are from Mars, Women are from Google The other week, my workhorse informercial flat-iron which has kept my hair pin straight for SIX YEARS fell prey to my three-year-old's menacing pincers. Sad as I was to see my baby split in two, I set about finding another hair solution right away, since my Pacific Islander hair had only another day or so before it would start crimping and crinkling on its own. It was like some stupid action movie, where instead of a bomb or a bank heist as central plot devices or Nick Cage in ANYTHING, it's my hair. Again, my thick, crazy jungle hair.  Read more >

Mona Hickey

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Mona Hickey
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February 2009
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I am an island gal turned Seattleite living with a toddler, husband and two cats.  I try to stay out of the rain mostly.

Something that would surprise you about me: I was the 1,000th blogger to use the original Blogger in 1999, long before Blogspot and Google.  I also graduated with a senior class of SEVEN people.  And four of us were salutatorians.  Still not sure about that one.

I blog at http://www.kirida.com   

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