2022-05-20 19:02
Conversation The FirstScene: Sultry summer night in mid-July. Heavily pregnant woman rushes into bedroom and quickly and gracelessly heaves herself onto bed where man is deep in sleep, quiet… Read More
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2021-12-04 17:14
It's like stepping back to 2005.I think often about writing here again or using this space in a more professional way (as if), and maybe someday when I'm not working three jobs and not still… Read More
2019-08-14 00:54
Take it back old school.Under the radar.Just writing something every day, getting back into the habit of writing for myself.No audience in mind.Stream of consciousness, just letting it all h… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
or maybe I accidentally cast a John Waters film?This artwork on this card deck is very difficult to defend unless you're using it as a Rolodex for fringe characters.Read more Josette at Penn… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
This is a repost from last year. But it's become my own holiday tradition.I am a low-level retail employee.I am paid somewhere between $7.00 - $9.00 per hour to offer helpful customer servic… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Well, ring-a-ding-dingaling and fa-la-la-la-liscious! Kmart's new video ad for Joe Boxer underwear has tongues a-wagging over a bunch of comely young men jingling their jangly bits to holida… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Romper RoomNew Zoo RevueWonderamaThe Magic GardenHatchy Milatchy Theme SongThe Electric CompanyZoom!© Copyright 2005-2012, Halushki | Josette Plank. All Rights Reserved
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2014-11-02 01:59
My mother is de-cluttering. She is un-hoarding. She is liquidating the contents of her house. And like a museum of my childhood I hadn't intended on visiting anytime soon--let alo… Read More
2013-06-25 12:31
Wrote this one a ways back....Canticle for 2:35 P.M.The laundry pile is no more:every sport bra stuffedinto a drawer, every pink pantylined up crotch-to-crotchin cottony majesty and I&n&hell…Read More
2013-06-14 14:07
I may or may not have said both at one time or another....More Josette!PennLive.com: Here's hoping my kids will enjoy an old-fashioned, Huck Finn-style summer!MamaPop.com: DRAMAZ! Rachel Zoe… Read More
2013-06-08 06:12
Thank you, Dad, for the whole wide world....© Copyright 2005-2012, Halushki | Josette Plank. All Rights Reserved
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2013-06-03 12:54
Let's play a game. This game is called Parents These Days.As in, "Frank Bruni, journalist with The New York Times, thinks that Parents These Days have cornered the market on being anxiety-ad… Read More
2013-05-20 17:00
To Do List for May 20, 2013 1. Find 1st grader's bathing suit for swim week at school. Done. 2. Deliver possibly rabid bat in Tupperware container to Dept. of Agriculture lab. Done.3. Coffee… Read More
2013-05-06 19:06
in Just-spring when the world is mud-luscious the littlelame balloonmanwhistles far and… Read More
2013-04-29 15:01
I know it's a world gone mad. But, really, it's always been a world gone mad. Take the Wall Street bombing: Killed 38, injured 143 - 300 That was September 16, 1920. &hell…Read More
2013-03-28 19:00
Kid: Do we have a copy of Paradise Lost?Mom: Paradise Lost. The Paradise Lost by John Milton. Is it for school?Kid: No.Mom: So...what? You want to read it?Kid: Yes.Mom: You want to read it.K… Read More
2013-03-26 12:40
So, recently there's been some hubbub about Victoria's Secret possibly marketing to teens and younger girls.Let's look into this a second, shall we?Last fall, Justin Bieber was the main even… Read More
2013-03-19 14:48
1. How to make Mama's coffee in the morning.2. How not to felt wool sweaters in the dryer.3. "Lights on when no one is in the room" in the long run equals "we're still not going to… Read More
2013-03-19 14:12
April 25, 2013 is Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day.My husband sent an email to my older kids asking them if they'd like to attend at his office. I'm guessing his work place will have… Read More
2013-03-19 02:53
From my husband's series of vintage instructional videos on How To Please Your Man.Lesson One: Parking In The Garage© Copyright 2005-2012, Halushki | Josette Plank. All Rights Reserved… Read More
2013-02-21 01:25
It's a hike along a wooded trail...to a mountain overlook.It's a night in a tent...and a campfire with friends.It's learning about history...and Girl Scout Day at the National Constitution C… Read More
2013-02-20 23:08
I just wrote an Op-Ed column for the Patriot-News about my hot and cold relationship with electronics - mostly saying how I'm luke warm about it all - and then completely overslept this… Read More
2013-02-20 23:08
Kid: Your chicken sandwich has poison in it.Mother:Kid: It probably wasn't free range. That's cruel.Mother:Kid: It's bad for the environment.Mother: The FDA says it's okay for that choc… Read More
2012-11-24 14:00
The turkey is devoured. The football games are won. And in a cross-generational coup that shushed all arguments at the dinner table, Macy's launched floats with both The Wanted and… Read More
2012-11-18 20:42
I woke up today wanting to write something for people who may be visiting my blog for the first time.But today is a day I don't have many words.Jersey Mike had words.And work."Live music can… Read More
2012-11-18 16:10
This is long, but it's going to ultimately explain everything you need to know about getting your kid to the Olympics. Or not - which is what I actually have the authority to write about - a… Read More
2012-11-06 03:30
Okay, today's Book Found Lying Around My House is not really a meth cookbook.It's about science. And conversations.But I'm completely immersed in Breaking Bad right now, and damn if it… Read More
2012-11-05 04:03
Why I'm Not A Good Fit For Most Parenting Websites1. I routinely tell any one of my three children that they are my favorite child. Mostly, I say this when I want the child to do something f… Read More
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