Kara & Michael’s Blog

*Or why I love The Common Market in Frederick, MD.
Like most people, Michael and I are looking for ways to cut costs. We called our current cable company and ended up getting a reduced rate for the same services when we said we wanted to cut services. We’re trying to stop eating out entirely, a [...]

I’ve written at length about sex education and contraception on this blog, mostly because it’s a subject I’ve done extensive research on. Which is why I get extraordinarily annoyed with the public discussion which events like the Pope’s recent comments bring about. The latest assertions that make me angry:
1. Condoms don’t prevent all STDs. No [...]

Not the stupid tv show. Not the hours in the day. Not the number of pimples on the average teen’s face. It’s my birthday, today. That’s how old I am.
When I think back over the years, I see lots of things. Mostly what I see is wasted time. Not on school or friends or tv [...]

Michael and I have been talking a lot about how we probably come off as bitter old fogies on this blog – or worse, spastically angry people with completely irrational moods.
Well, we’re all those things, but we still like some stuff. A lot of stuff. There wouldn’t be much point to living if you didn’t [...]

I’d just like to announce my new project at LieDuJour.com, in which I will tell you a new lie every day. That is all.
EDIT: I should clarify that this post is not a lie. The site does exist.

The U.S. Congress is a big bunch of babies, as is obvious from the current rage over AIG’s recent bonus payouts.
Let’s go through the history here:

A year ago, AIG commits itself contractually to paying enormous bonuses to a bunch of douchebags who are ruining the company. This is just one of a slew of very [...]

I was at a coffee shop with a friend last night. We both attended local community colleges, graduated with our A.A.s and moved on to a university. We happened to sit next to a group of subculture kids, one of whom was advising everyone against community college because “I had a horrible time. None of [...]

In my current cubicle situation, I sit kitty corner (sort of) to a woman who eyes me suspiciously, just because I’m a temp. This makes me laugh, for a few reasons.

She acts as if she thinks I’m going to tattle on her conversations or complaints. Yes, I can  hear when you talk. No, I don’t [...]

I am currently eating a package of peanut butter cheese crackers. I don’t know why I’m eating a package of peanut butter cheese crackers, but I’m not here to introspect.
You know the product I’m talking about, or maybe you don’t if you aren’t lucky enough to live in the land of obesity and yawning nutritional [...]