Bah, humbug!

Helpful hint to anyone doing holiday baking: cocoa is worse than drywall dust to clean up...plus it leaves brown streaks that require a follow up wipe down. How did I learn this? ( To learn the answer to this fascinating question, click here. )

Reader as heroine?

'Tis Monday. Thus, I must attempt to be a Smart Bitch one last time this year.

I've been thinking about myself as a reader and my expectations of the heroine, because of a couple of posts and/or questions I've seen floating around the net. ( Rambling thoughts behind the cut. )