Category Archives: odds and sods
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where the rubber hits the road: a closeted prude listens to modern sex advice
Posted on June 27, 2016 by nikkimeredith in health and beauty, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.I have a new secret pleasure. It’s not actually secret — I’ve mentioned it to a few people – and, though it involves sex, it’s not exactly pleasurable for reasons I’m about to explain. Come to think of it, it’s not even very new. Every Tuesday, for the past six months, I put a leash […]
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I helped elect Richard Nixon in 1968.
Posted on May 10, 2016 by nikkimeredith in odds and sods, politics and religion, science/research.I recently had to remind myself of this fact. It was the only way to stop my rant against Susan Sarandon, a Bernie surrogate, after she told Chris Hayes on MSNBC last month that she wasn’t sure she’d vote for Hillary against Donald Trump. My adrenalin oozed a liter or two when she said that […]
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Carol Doda, Rest in Peace
Posted on January 1, 2016 by nikkimeredith in odds and sods, unexpected adventures.A national treasure died last month and because I had the opportunity to intersect with her, my life and even more, my husband’s life, was a tiny bit more thrilling. Carol Doda was a true pioneer — one of the first women, at least in the Bay Area, to have her breasts pumped up with […]
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rice sock: pretty weird, sometimes useful
Posted on July 29, 2015 by nikki in odds and sods, pregnancy and childbirth.I just opened a better-forgotten drawer at the bottom of my dresser and a flutter of tiny moths burst from dark to light. Though I should’ve just shoved the drawer closed and deleted the event from my working memory so as to not have to launch counter warfare (which we all know is impossible – […]
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the shrinks were in on it? we need to talk about torture again. and again. and again.
Posted on May 26, 2015 by nikki in odds and sods.I am disgusted. A few months ago, my mom wrote a post about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report, imploring us all to not let our outrage with the government-sponsored (ineffective) “intelligence-seeking” barbarities fade with the news cycle. A new bombshell released last month makes her call to action even more salient. The American Psychological […]
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