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Author M.J. Pullen blogs with humor about her life as a writer and working mom raising two padawans with her own personal Mr. Darcy.

Someone Who Gets Your Special Brand of Crazy

posted on 03/01/2015

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The other day I was in the car with Hubs, trying to explain my new perfume. I’m not always a perfumey kind of girl; most days I’m lucky to remember deodorant and make sure my socks match. There have been many years of my life when I wouldn’t bother with mascara unless I was going […]

My Top 10 Oscar Highlights

posted on 02/23/2015

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Thank goodness I’m not an entertainment reporter, because after four hours of eating, drinking, and general award show merriment, there is NO WAY I could get an article published four minutes after the Oscars are over. It’s all I can do to clear the cups and leftover cookies from the coffee table, so the dog […]

Being the Person Google Thinks I am

posted on 02/18/2015

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I know people are super-concerned about Big Brother monitoring our online activities (or at least, we were a little concerned until the latest version of Candy Crush/Game of War came out and distracted us). But when I visited my Google Ad Settings today — a fit of random curiosity when I clicked that I didn’t […]

On ADHD, Eating and Passing Judgment

posted on 01/29/2015

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Let me just say right off the bat that I know I am breaking many of the cardinal rules of blogging. Don’t blog angry, don’t go over 800 words, don’t blog when you have a raging case of PMS. Whatever. This is long and rambling account of a shitty experience I had yesterday. But also […]

Happy(ish) Holidays

posted on 12/16/2014

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A quick note to my friends and readers: thank you so much for your kind interest and patience. Many of you have written to ask when I’ll have something new for you to read (which is UNBELIEVABLY flattering and just the tiniest bit stress-inducing). I am working hard on both the re-publication of The Marriage […]

Fender Bender

posted on 11/12/2014

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Well, it’s more like Fender Ripper-Offer, but that doesn’t roll off the tongue, does it? I hurt my back two days ago, which I am going to pretend has nothing to do with the fact that I am now officially 39; and between that and the fact that Skywalker developed a 3 a.m. fever, I […]

Get Yourself a Treat for My Birthday

posted on 11/03/2014

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I love birthdays, and while I always thought 40 would have to claim me kicking and screaming, I’m surprisingly relaxed about turning 39 today. Life is pretty good at the end of this fourth decade, and I have more blessings than I can reasonably count. We have some fun stuff planned to celebrate – a […]

Happy Halloween! (with SNL video)

posted on 10/31/2014

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I want to thank everyone for all the love on yesterday’s post. I wanted to let you (and my sweet worried mother-in-law specifically – LOL) know that I am absolutely fine. I’m always happy to share my/our family’s human side with you, and hopefully you will laugh and cry with me and we’ll all feel […]

Dear Son – A Letter from your Scatterbrained Mom

posted on 10/30/2014

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Dear Skywalker, Sometimes I feel like I’m not winning at this game. It’s been a bit chaotic at our house this week and everyone seems a little off their A-game. The good news is that we’re getting a puppy, so that will make everything calmer and easier! I was late to pick you up at […]

On Radio Personalities and Why You Don’t Want My 3-Year Old on Your Trivia Team

posted on 10/28/2014

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So, you know that person who is always 2000% confident in themselves and their own knowledge? You know how, for some people, that confidence never seems to waver, regardless of the correctness or reliability of their beliefs? While it’s true, many of these folks are drawn to politics and therefore spend most of their time […]