Monthly Archives for February 2012
District 14 Tribute: The Girl Who Shared Too Much
When I started my blog eight years ago, I meant for it to be an extension of the journals I’ve kept since I was a tween. What started out as an outlet for my daily musings and dry humor turned into an … Continue reading
I am ready for Mensa
Today is a banner day. I, Shannon Shenanigan, of questionable mind and hungry body, corrected my father on a math problem. That’s right. The English major caught a mathematical error made by the former computer programmer and data analyst, the … Continue reading
Day one
In preparation of my new eating habits, I bought the entire grocery store. This is the rest that I hadn’t unpacked yet: As you can imagine I had to do a massive fridge clean out and employ some creative thinking … Continue reading
Ash Wednesday
I had a lot of quality time with my toilet today after consuming nearly two pounds of vegetables, several pieces of fresh fruit and drinking two Swamp Thing smoothies. I now rename today Ass Wednesday.
Dear God, what am I thinking?
Happy Mardi Gras, ya’ll! I’ve binged all day today in celebration of Fat Tuesday, being the good Catholic that I am <not>. I’ve eaten chicken and waffles for breakfast and a cheeseburger with tater tots at lunch. For dinner I … Continue reading
Excessively used adverbs are annoyingly common.
Recently in writerly circles, the use of adverbs has been unfairly dubbed as “poorly selected word use.” I hardly think using an adverb means a writer is lazily choosing their words. Practically all authors use adverbs occasionally. Harshly judged criticisms … Continue reading