Entertainment Cartoon characters I have loved…and hated 26 Jan 2011 I have been watching cartoons for a very very long time. I will not disclose how long. Here are some notable characters I have known. Dreamiest - age five: Marine…
News and politics What’s so scary about onion powder? 25 Jan 201125 Jan 2011 The internets are freaking out today because Taco Bell's beef only contains 36% cowflesh. What's the rest? Judging from the collective "OMG ew!" heard across the tubes, you'd think it…
Business… The Splendid Bullshit 25 Jan 2011 My whole life, I have had a tendency to tell it like is. Not in a way meant to hurt anyone's feelings -- I'm down with the kind white lies…
Uncategorized Trying to run 23 Jan 2011 Two weeks ago, my middle child went to the school nurse complaining of chest pains. The school called the paramedics and took her to the emergency room. They did an…
Entertainment Black Swan 23 Jan 2011 Wow, this is an amazing film. Natalie Portman is phenomenal. It's disturbing yet believable. Very powerful. I still feel a little effed up from seeing it earlier today. This is…
Games The gamertag is dead, but the tattoo lives on. 21 Jan 2011 I acquired the gamertag trixie360 in October 2005 - just before the launch of the Xbox 360. At the Zero Hour launch event I had it tattooed on my ankle. A…
Uncategorized I come from the future 20 Jan 2011 can I blog from my phone? Let us experiment Posted from WordPress for Windows Phone
Entertainment Sweat the Small Stuff 19 Jan 2011 By 'sweat' I don't mean get all freaked out. I mean enjoy the small stuff, like you would a soak in a jacuzzi or that endorphine high after a great…
Kids How to speak Allie 17 Jan 201117 Jan 2011 When my husband left on deployment 5 months ago, our daughter was only saying a dozen or so words. Since then she has added a vast amount of material to…
Uncategorized The WordPress Post a Day Challenge. I’m all in. 16 Jan 2011 I'm starting at a deficit of 16 days, but I hereby accept the challenge to blog every day for the rest of 2011! As readers of Welcome to Trixieland, I…