Kara & Michael’s Blog

If you commit a crime, you should be punished. No matter how “good” a person you are. See, the law doesn’t judge your morals, just your actions and your intentions.
All I know is if I asked my gma to let me sit on the roof of her car, she would have told me no in [...]

From the NYT about “Trolls“.
I am sick of people saying this is shocking or frightening. You’re an idiot who shouldn’t be on the internet.
The internet is this grand dance of anarchy and humanity. It’s extraordinary. People do awful things without fear of repercussion on the internet. Isn’t that amazing and educational? I say this as [...]

I saw a counselor once who bemoaned the state of education and psychological health because it encouraged people to attach their egos to the things they undertook. She was just beginning piano lessons and she offered me this example.
If her teacher was concerned about her hurt feelings, they might tell her she did well on [...]

I was reading an online chat yesterday, and someone said they wanted to lose a not-insignificant amount of weight and that they worked out half an hour for three days every week.
Well, plenty of people told him/her they needed to up the time and frequency of work-outs but no one told him/her how to do [...]

Yomato Sushi, located at 959 Ritchie Highway in Arnold, MD, is nestled unassumingly in the middle of a plain shopping center. The restaurant’s humble appearance might lead a prospective diner to expect a less-than-stellar dining experience. That prospective diner would be correct.
Last weekend was the second time we’ve eaten at Yomato Sushi, and the second [...]

About a month after Michael and I got married, I told him I wanted to buy a cat as a wedding present for him. We went to the pound intending to get a full-grown cat but after bureaucracy bit us in the bum, we came home with a kitten.
We named her Inari. She is one [...]

If you guys don’t know the way into my heart or the way to get me to start encouraging, “Everybody get naked,” like Apu, it is very simple. Make me pretty much any drink where gin plays center stage. I love gin.
I had never had gin until I was at UMBC (unlike wine, beer, malt [...]