Chicana on the Edge

Go to another blog. I have little to say about our national shame that thousands are dying right now in New Orleans because of stupidity and prejudice, but there are plenty of bloggers who do, so read theirs. Here's an example I found on Daily Kos: State of the...

(Response to Modigli's question about how things are going with my "beau.") I’m afraid I spoke too soon when I wrote that I was seeing someone who might fit the description of “boyfriend.” Here’s why I dated him for six months: 1. Very funny: he made me laugh and...

I am almost hooked on ABC's Lost, and while looking up my favorite male lead, Naveen Andrews, 36 years old, I came across this photo. His partner is Barbara Hershey. Yes, that Barbara Hershey. Yes, she's 21 years older than him. Demi and Ashton really didn't do much...

I'm lookin' for a new job, baby, a new job. Yes, the new management at Carson's Ribs is continuing to shake things up and the layoffs keep coming. It's been only managers and kitchen workers so far, but last week the first server was let go and I'm taking this as my...

In his cassette series, Prosperity Consciousness: How to Tap Your Unlimited Wealth, Fredric Lehrman, a motivational speaker, talks about meeting three monks who are going to visit a big city. The two young monks are awed by the sights, excited by the crowds and...

One day two years ago some ideas came to me for a couple of short stories. I hadn’t written any kind of fiction in decades, but the ideas were so clear, and I had so much free time to fill at my office job, I had to follow through on them. One was the story I...

Yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to use the term "waitress" anymore, it should now be "server." I don't care. I'm a waitress and I'm okay with it.In today's Chicago Sun-Times, the editorial section features an opinion by Steven Shaw called "Outdated tipping no longer...

The good news: Carson's Ribs, where I have worked since last fall, is under new management and has some exciting changes in the works. The bad news: I don't know if I'll have a job there much longer. You know how I've complained that business is slow at Carson's Ribs...

Hey, everybody, it looks like the more sleep deprived you are, the more likely you are to gain weight. Finally, a way to fight obesity that isn't about dieting and exercise -- make sure you get enough sleep! An article in the current issue of Nutrition Action...

Slow Food is a movement to "protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life." Thank god for Slow Food. The U.S. has almost completely lost the ability to relax and eat with, instead, everyone chomping our nutritionless non-foods...

I'd just like to remind everyone who depends on a little daily chemical help that it is very important that you take your meds as prescribed. Forgetting, deciding you don't need them anymore, wanting to wean yourself off without your doctor's guidance, etc. are not...

San Diego, California that is. This week my sister settles into her new home in Katy, Texas. A 15-year resident of (and now refugee from) the sadly corrupt city of San Diego, she now tells all her California friends to move to Katy (my sister and I were born in Los...