Dreadful Penny

I’ll admit, I didn’t follow tonight’s game as closely as the previous three. I have a headache and every time my husband screamed at the TV (and if you watched the game, you know that was often), it felt as if someone was driving a sledgehammer into my temple. Yeah, he was wound […]

Florida, Michigan get all delegates but each gets half vote
Oh c’mon. Pussies. If Michigan and Florida broke your precious rules, make ‘em pay in a way that has some meaning. Obama wasn’t even on the ballot here; how is this an appropriate decision?

Sigourney Weaver was in Royal Oak yesterday, filming Prayers for Bobby, a movie she’s producing and starring in for Lifetime TV. We rode our bikes down to take a look. (UPDATE: my photos from the June 17th gay pride parade scene can be found here and here.)
Michigan recently approved a bill granting tax breaks […]

Remember the good ol’ days when you could buy effective cold and allergy medications over the counter without an ID check, your signature, and probably being added to a Suspected Meth Dealer Watch List? I think those ended after the time when we started limping barefoot through airport security screenings, but before passports with […]

I woke up this morning with the lyrics from Duran Duran’s “Lonely in Your Nightmare” persistently beating at my brain. Much as I love D2, that cheated me out of a good half hour of sleep, so damn it, I’m going to find a way to squeeze a post out of those lyrics.
Ah-hah! […]

I don’t have a green thumb. I hate yard work. It’s inescapable, however, so I figured that I might as well try to make our yard as productive as possible this year, especially when I’m trying to eat better and feed the family more cheaply. I’m not Farmer Penny and while we […]

Obviously, tonight’s game wasn’t as joyous to watch as the previous two Red Wings shut-outs. The Wings defense was sloppy and Osgood had to cover outside the crease (perfect example was the third Pittsburgh goal, when Ozzy reached for the puck because no one else did, and Hall came around with it to score). […]

There are a lot of places online to find legitimate manufacturer’s coupons, from aggregations like Coupons.com, SmartSource.com, and CouponBug.com to the websites companies set up themselves to promote their brands. Many require you to download a plug-in that controls the quantity you can print. The coupons are often passed from the website to […]

I’ve been dealing with allergies for the past few days and every time I think they’ve reached a new peak, they struggle onward and surprise me. This morning I woke up with half my throat swollen shut, unable to talk above a whisper.
Despite my self-image of a rather hearty and hale woman, in an […]

On Sunday, we drove down to Dearborn to tour Henry Ford’s Fair Lane estate. Normal admission price is $10; we got in free thanks to a Museum Adventure Pass we picked up at the library. Fair Lane is now owned by the University of Michigan. How was it? My husband took […]