DIANA REPUBLIC

I hate New Year’s resolutions.  They carry with them too much weight.  Coincidentally by New Year’s, so do I.  So the only resolution that I ever make is to eat less and move more.  It usually lasts until our spring vacation and sometimes even through bathing suit season in Chicago. But I feel like resolutions [...]

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When my  husband is out of town, I grocery shop as if I am stoned. I remember grocery shopping with my college roomate when we were high and the random things that made it into our cart.  We were poor then and could still rationalize the purchase of luxury items like Pepperidge Farm cookies and Mallowmars [...]

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I understand that in the end of one’s last term as president there is a window of opportunity to slip in a couple of changes.  Its kind of like asking your mom to sign the permission slip for the field trip to Six Flags when she is watching Dancing with the Stars.  No one is [...]

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Planned Parenthood clinics in Indiana are selling gift certificates this holiday season.  The credit can be used towards a number of services including terminating a pregnancy.  This, not surprisingly, has gotten some pro-life folks quite upset. I, on the other hand, have a problem with celebrating the holidays with gynecological services. Who does one give these to? [...]

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My coworkers need some help with conflict management. I work in an office where these two kittys roam free.  They step on the phones, occassionally disconnecting people.  They shuffle the papers and rub and purr and make for a warm and weird workplace.  And they have these wrestling matches that elicit wails and moans from both.  In [...]

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Every once in a while I feel that we as a society cross a threshold.  The recent election was an amazing threshold regardless of your politics. And then there are the ones that make want to drop out and become a nomadic yak herder. The day after Thanksgiving, you know the day where we give [...]

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