Waiting for the Truth Fairy
There's a (former) reporter from a small-town newspaper in a small town I once lived in with whom I [...]
An Ode to pre-COVID Jenna
Before COVID, I was probably best known for three things: I wrote a bunch of mostly funny books, I’d given [...]
Not Your Cuppa Joe? Here’s a Thought: MOVE ON.
Remember in fourth grade when you wanted another kid to do something they didn’t want to do, like trade their [...]
Let’s Talk about Boobs (and Vaccines, OFC)
I was nine and my sister Laurie was eleven when we made a gruesome discovery: our parents, it seemed, had [...]
#SorryNotSorry (but Your Vaccine Argument Sucks)
The little sermon below keeps popping up in my Facebook feed (with instructions to copy/paste, should the reader be so [...]
Conspiracy Theorists FTW (and also, I forgive you)
I had a friend in my 20s who had an odd—to me—death fetish. He planned vacations around well-known or interesting [...]
Well, This Is VAERY Alarming
Let’s talk about VAERS. If you’ve been living under a rock for the last two years (I’m jealous! Why [...]
In Other News: THIS Is Why People Keep Getting Jabbed
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In an earlier version of this post, my analysis was incorrect. This has now been rectified. I [...]
Make It Make Sense
If I’ve overused any single hashtag during the purgatory that has been this pandemic, it’s #MakeItMakeSense. Because in case [...]
Newsflash: The Ship Is Sinking
My favorite way of saying something is futile AF is, it’s like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. You [...]
I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but I think half the world’s been kidnapped
I grew up in the 1970s, when watching TV was a family affair. We had all of three channels [...]
Will I ever learn? (Spoiler: Nope)
His post was a screenshot of someone else’s tweet. It's "it's" you dumbass, but I suppose that's not the [...]
I have a theory about conspiracies…
History: “What do the mafia, Watergate, the Gulf of Tonkin, the Tuskegee syphilis study, Operation Mockingbird, and government mind [...]
There Ought to Be a Law
Remember the Seinfeld episode where George repeatedly tries to break up with his girlfriend Maura and she is not [...]
Please Treat Her Kindly
It’s that time of year when your social media feeds are filled with photos of smiling, gown-clad graduates tossing [...]
I will drive. (A COVID analogy.)
Yesterday I did three mostly unremarkable things: I went out to dinner, I hugged a friend, and I didn’t [...]
THE SEVEN YEAR BITCH: A New Netflix Original Series (*Netflix, call me!)
If that goddamned fucking eyeroll looks familiar, THE SEVEN YEAR BITCH is for you! You know what they say [...]
OYTACC: Vacation Announcement (sequin tube top I TOLD YOU I HAD IT)
I knew when I started this project that I had a twenty-something day vacation coming up at the three-month mark. [...]
OYTACC: Day 89 (crochet tank)
I've said this before, but it bears repeating: Not every stupid purchase I've made has an interesting story. Every [...]
OYTACC: Day 88 (cat face “slippers” PLEASE NOTE THE QUOTES)
On the rare, highly unlikely chance that anyone reading this blog doubts the depth or breadth of my insanity inability to [...]
Appearances & Interviews
Ambushed by K-Kar
So I go on the TODAY show to talk about how universal our marital gripes are. Then Khloe jumps in with her my-famous-seven-foot-husband-eats-chocolate-in-his-sleep-and-drools-all-over-our-custom-sheets story, which really helped [...]
Holy shit. (Literally.)
Just digging through my archives to update my media page and found these interviews with the fabulous, hilarious Mark Gungor. Mark happens to be a pastor, so [...]