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Business SHOUTOUT from John Pontello Tailoring

Well wedding season is fast approaching. I know brides will be looking for photographers. I would like to suggest Lindsey Turner Photography. (www.lindsey-turner.com) Please check her out.

April Special

Mention this add and get pant hems for 8.00 and UP. Regular price 10.00 and UP. Expires 04-30-2010

They Say The Truth Shall Set You Free

“We all rejoiced that a good, hardworking woman was finally getting her due, and swooned as she constantly lavished acceptance-speech praise on her seemingly smitten husband — her Prince Charming in this picture-perfect scenario. That’s what makes the reports that Bullock’s five-year marraige is in jeopardy so surprising, so sad….And the worst part– for us, [...]

Desperately Seeking Spring

I am so fucking over this dreadful winter weather.  This has got to have been the longest, rainiest winter since I’ve lived in Atlanta.  And snow – 3 times!  My poor kid doesn’t even realize she’s in the South since I have to wrap her in multiple layers to prevent frostbite every time we go [...]

Life’s Little Breathers

Just last night, my husband described life as extremely vivid. You could take that to mean vibrant, exciting, colorful, fun.  Or, you could take it how he meant it – glaring with a spotlight that is just a little too bright, a little uncomfortable and with no soft edges.  You see…we all know that life [...]

Think about your dad

Today I was driving over to the jewelry store to get a ring repaired, and near the corner of Monroe and Virginia there was a tagged newspaper box. It read “THINK ABOUT YOUR DAD.”
Then I did, and suddenly became very sad. Thanks newspaper box. Ass.

Ask

“Ask me, I won’t say ‘no,’ how could I?”  – The Smiths
I am brain dead, for lack of a better excuse.  So ask me anything http://formspring.me/themingaling.

The Science of Facing Fears

I did it.  You see…I have this ridiculously irrational fear of flying. I know that makes me sound particularly unworldly, so I’ll clarify that it doesn’t keep me from actually getting on planes and doing what I need to do, but it does keep me truly, honestly terrified whenever I do it. So, when I [...]

Oh, How the Mighty Can Fall

Okay, so one part of my life that may not be as “normal” as everyone else is that my job takes me to Hollywood during awards seasons fairly often.  So, that has given me the opportunity to test my wit against the likes of Conan O’Brien and John Stewart at parties and while riding together [...]

Waging a Silent War

There’s a quiet battle going on across America.  Tension seethes almost silently except for hushed whispers of gossip breathed from carefully lipsticked mouths into perfumed ears outside PTA meetings, at surburban poolsides and in corporate board rooms over lunch.  It’s the war of judgement  — but aren’t most wars about just that.  This one, though, [...]

When Your Reputation Precedes You

Being a decent and caring person can truly be the pits.  And, not for the reasons most people think.  Our cynical world leaves many people feeling that the caring, soft people are for “sucks,” as we used to say in college…I’ve always loved that saying, but I digress. It’s a common misconception that caring people [...]

What Your Mother Doesn’t Know

I’m not sure if it was the 3 drinks in 10 minutes or the pills he kept popping, but the kid in front of me on the plane, was now talking incessantly…at least more incessantly than before the drinks…and jerking around as if he had Tourette’s syndrome.  The poor man next to him was patiently [...]

Making a Difference

“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”
~Tom Brokaw

I Am What I Am

It hits me every so often.  I’m 40.  Take yesterday, just sitting around watching TV and a local law firm ad comes on.  Some woman is there bemoaning her recent car accident and the caption next to her reads “Sonja, 40.”  I can’t even explain what goes on in my brain….there’s absolutely no connection at [...]

The Day the Earth Shook

KABOOOMMMM! “Sweetie….sweetie?  Did you just jump off something? A response came from my young daughter in the other room…“No.  I’m just sitting here coloring.” Hmm…I could have sworn I just heard a big boom and felt the house shake.  Time to investigate.  So, I left my favorite spot for nursing my newborn in my peaceful, wedgewood blue and natural [...]