Four hours and six minutes. That’s how long it took one of my girls to start whining “I’m soooooo…. bored” after getting out of school on the last school day of the year. I will point out that during those four hours and six minutes,...
Four hours and six minutes. That’s how long it took one of my girls to start whining “I’m soooooo…. bored” after getting out of school on the last school day of the year. I will point out that during those four hours and six minutes,...
Can you guess what for me is the hardest part about blogging? Coming up with interesting topics? Nope, people are always asking me for free legal advice and the good questions I turn into blog posts. Doing the legal research? Puh-lease. After three...
Is a school rule requiring girls to wear skirts unconstitutional sex discrimination? A federal judge in North Carolina thinks so. U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard ruled last week that a charter school was engaging in unconstitutional sex discrimination by requiring girls to wear...
My daughter has spent the last several months touring schools, filling out applications, writing essays, editing writing samples, and sitting through interview and interview. So what college is she going to? Who knows? This was all just for high school. Sometime in the...
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has found himself in hot water recently after one of his dogs was seized after allegedly biting a neighbor. Dak is very fond of his dogs, who appear regularly on his Instagram profile. Like Dak, I’m dog person. Slobbery kisses,...
Is it just me or has CBD oil become the new kale? CBD oil, short for cannabidiol oil, is extracted from the flowers and buds of marijuana or hemp plants. It’s missing sufficient quantities of the chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to produce the “high”...
My three older girls race to my car as soon as they see it in the car pool line. Are they excited to see me? Probably not. I’m the mom who scoffs at their requests to stop at Sonic on the way home...
Nine years is long enough to accomplish something really good. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes? Ten years. Einstein’s theory of general relativity? Eight years. The moon landing? Eight years. U2 when they were good (1983-1991)? Eight years. Nine years is also the length of...
I never give out my social security number, for the obvious reason. Together with my name and birthdate (easily found on social media), my social security number is all an identity thief would need to make my life miserable. Though I do hope...
Facebook—the means by which you update your Facebook friends (most of whom aren’t actually your friends) with your every random thought and the last picture you took on your smartphone, and share the link to the article you haven’t actually read. Most people...
