Sometimes it seems like teenagers are physically attached to their cell phones, but for one family that attachment came at a tragic cost. Madison Coe, 14, of Lubbock, Texas, died Sunday morning while either plugging in her cell phone while taking a bath, or using her plugged-in cell phone in the bathtub. Her heartbroken family is hopeful her death will serve as a reminder to other parents to teach their children about cell phone safety and the importance of keeping electronic devices away from water. Texas Teen Died While Using Cell Phone In The Bathtub, Family Hopes Their Tragedy May Keep Reading >>>
How Princess Leia Changed The World
Princess Leia changed my life. This is not hyperbole. I come from a pre-Katniss, pre-Buffy-the-Vampire-Slayer, pre-Hillary-Clinton era. I know this makes me sound old, but I grew up in Texas, so subtract like ten years from the female empowerment timeline. Oh, we had Governor Ann Richards, but she was considered an aberration. There was Ripley from Alien(s), but that was R-Rated, so I wasn’t allowed to see it. (Even though I did, because HBO.) The awesomeness of Sigourney Weaver’s casting deserves its own post, but in Alien, her femininity was (deliberately) not a factor. And I was a Keep Reading >>>
Hope You’re Enjoying That Period, Ladies, Because Tampons Are A Luxury…
Texas Tampon Tax. Say that three times fast. It’s one of the bills that will be discussed in the Texas legislature in 2017. What you have to understand about Texans is that we hate for people to tell us what to do. This has nothing to do with politics; it’s just in our nature. We were once our own nation and we never let anyone forget it. So what does this have to do with tampons? Hope You're Enjoying That Period, Ladies, Because Tampons Are A Luxury... Texas is kind of weird—and not in the normal way people might think. The laws and lawmakers coming out of Austin tend to come to Keep Reading >>>
The Time I Fought Against A Woman Carrying A Gun In The Park By Playing ‘Barbie Girl’…
Our daughter is a high functioning Autistic daughter. Our son isn't. Neither are what you'd call social butterflies. We don't go to a lot of parks, because parks mean people and a high likelihood that we're all just going to sit on a bench watching other kids play. Not all that much fun for any of us. That said, if one of the two express any interest in doing something out of the house, you bet your bippy we do it. Only, I never expected to find a woman openly carrying a gun at a children's park, and once I saw it I decided to fight 'possible fire' with Barbie Girl... The Time I Fought Keep Reading >>>
Accessorizing Your LuLaRoe For Fall
This last week fall has finally hit Texas. I saw a leaf fall. That counts. Yes, we still have the AC on, it's still pretty darn hot, but a leaf fell so fall has finally arrived in Texas. The rest of the country is likely experiencing a much more pronounced fall season, so chances are you're ahead of us. Still, I recently pulled out a lot of my fall and winter clothes, and I'm already starting to make outfits with my LuLaRoe stuff. Accessorizing Your LuLaRoe For Fall I feel like fall and winter are made for leggings. Seriously. Here in Texas it gets so hot that it can feel like you're Keep Reading >>>
