The crazy lady strikes again

By way of doing research for this blog, I googled Overeaters Anonymous (the verb "to google" just made the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's dictionary - it means "to use the search engine called Google"). I found a website for a 12-step group called Compulsive Eaters Anonymous - HOW. The acronym HOW - when capitalized and used when referring to 12-step programs - stands for the term "honesty, openness and willingness to try." Many Overeaters Anonymous groups were what was then called HOW... Sign in to see full entry.

The title is a nod to Monty Python's Flying Circus; I felt it was appropriate to indicate that I'd finally (after four whole days) changed the topic I'll deal with in this blog. Remember the recovery fad of the late 1980s and early 1990s? It seemed as if 12-step groups were being created for virtually every known compulsive behavior pattern. People joined these groups in droves. Publishers such as CompCare and Hazelden sprang up to take care of the reading needs of those in 12-step recovery... Sign in to see full entry.

As I suspected, I thought of something else to add to a recent topic only after I finished my last blog entry. I am, as I predicted, frustrated in the extreme, as there are many other topics worthy of discussion for the purposes of this blog. There are two specific things I thought of after I finished my last blog entry. First of all, I thought of the fact that my mother-in-law never learned to drive and was unwilling to take mass transit. In fact, whenever she got wind of one of my... Sign in to see full entry.

The question in the title is merely a rephrasing of the question I have posed in the last two entries to this blog. What happens to a man emotionally when he finds out that the woman who has apparently been a ditz for so long is really putting on an act designed to feed his ego? What happens when that man finds out his wife/girlfriend/live-in partner is really well-organized, efficient, intelligent and capable of multitasking, but has been lying to him all during their relationship because she... Sign in to see full entry.

Before I begin to answer the question I posed in my last entry - "What might happen when a man discovers that his wife's or girlfriend's stupid/ditzy behavior is just an act?" - there is a matter I want to write about, before I forget it. Since I posted my last entry in this blog, it occurred to me that perhaps my husband would impose dire consequences on me for honestly exploring the issues. As loyal readers know, my husband has access to this Blogit account, which came in handy when I was... Sign in to see full entry.

I chose the title for this entry deliberately, to reflect the fact that I'm continuing - and, I hope, concluding - the train of thought I started in my last post. In my last post, I mentioned that demographically, women are attracted to certain positions and medical specialties, particularly those involving nurturance of the sick of all ages, and those involving child care. Furthermore, I mentioned that this constitutes a powerful nonverbal signal on society's part - "women are relegated to... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday, in her blog, Garfield mentioned that I was mildly depressed. She used her feline nursing skills to perfection on me, and I feel much better today, thanks. There are several things I want to write about today. First of all, I wanted to complete a thought I'd failed to put into my blog the other day. Loyal readers will remember that I went into some detail about just why I felt we were unable to pay the phone bill. Basically, I mentioned that I thought the whole problem was a failure to... Sign in to see full entry.

One of the things I wanted to save for a separate post was this. I implied in my last post that men are expected to want to "get ahead" at all costs - to be aggressive, competitive, and so forth. Although I implied that this is due to social pressure to conform to a given set of masculine ideals, I'm not sure I really care what causes men to conform to these ideals; whether they're hormonally-based (that is, whether a man is competitive and aggressive due to the fact that testosterone circulates... Sign in to see full entry.

This morning, on a hunch, I decided to check to see if we had a dial tone on our phone - and we don't. I suspect the problem is nonpayment; we received a cutoff notice from the phone company a while back. Frankly, to put it mildly, I'm not in the best emotional shape right now. What if a medical emergency happened? I might be dead if I can't call 911 under circumstances like this. This might have happened in February if we'd had our phone service cut off then. (To refresh the memories of... Sign in to see full entry.

I just took a look at the amount of time which has passed since last I wrote in this specific blog, and I was surprised that I hadn't posted here - as opposed to posting in, say, The Secret Life of Cats or Thanks, Dad - for five days. I thought I'd better get my buns in gear and type something in here PDQ, so that I have at least a chance of earning some serious money off this blog. It's been something of a hectic week for me. I described, in this blog, my visit to transplant clinic at the... Sign in to see full entry.