https://faboomama.com Inside the mind of an opinionated mama... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:54:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ https://faboomama.com/2009/11/10/personality-test/ https://faboomama.com/2009/11/10/personality-test/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:06:57 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1919 https://faboomama.com/2009/11/10/personality-test/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Thanks to Jandy’s pretty charts and my boredom, I caved and took the test even though I knew what it would say: Their breakdown of what these mean: Organized You like to think a task through before you embark on it. If it’s the slightest bit complicated, you make a list (even if it’s only in your mind) [...] https://faboomama.com/2009/09/07/1897/ https://faboomama.com/2009/09/07/1897/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:39:41 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1897 https://faboomama.com/2009/09/07/1897/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Did you know that there is an NHRA Museum on site at the Fairplex in Pomona? I didn’t. All these years and I had no idea. When we went to the LA County Fair on Saturday, we stumbled upon this place. It’s packed full of racing history. Admission was $1 for adults and frankly, should [...] https://faboomama.com/2009/09/02/mmmmmm-mmmmm-bitch/ https://faboomama.com/2009/09/02/mmmmmm-mmmmm-bitch/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:04:59 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1895 https://faboomama.com/2009/09/02/mmmmmm-mmmmm-bitch/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Share and Enjoy: https://faboomama.com/2009/08/21/just-read-contact-by-carl-sagan/ https://faboomama.com/2009/08/21/just-read-contact-by-carl-sagan/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:09:10 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1881 https://faboomama.com/2009/08/21/just-read-contact-by-carl-sagan/feed/ 3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Contact by Carl Sagan My rating: 4 of 5 stars I like the movie Contact. True, it’s simplistic, but it’s a fun watch. I realized that we owned the book all this time, yet I had never read it. It’s *amazing* how different, yet similar the book is to the movie. I sort of understand why [...] https://faboomama.com/2009/08/05/help-the-louisville-free-public-library/ https://faboomama.com/2009/08/05/help-the-louisville-free-public-library/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:04:08 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1852 https://faboomama.com/2009/08/05/help-the-louisville-free-public-library/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ I don’t know if you’ve noticed your friends in Indiana and Kentucky may have been offline recently. A pretty bad storm has hit the area and there’s been some bad flooding. On FriendFeed, Steve Lawson posted a photos of books and a bookmobile under water. You can find more details on how to help [...] https://faboomama.com/2009/07/01/ilia-wants-to-be-indian/ https://faboomama.com/2009/07/01/ilia-wants-to-be-indian/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:48:41 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1770 https://faboomama.com/2009/07/01/ilia-wants-to-be-indian/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ We watched some Bollywood movies the other day. My daughter, dancing on my bed, turned to me and said, “I need to be Indian. Because then you can wear pretty clothes, have a dangly thing on your head and get henna on your hands…when you get boobs, you get a dot on your forehead. Oh, [...] https://faboomama.com/2009/06/28/maid-for-you-poll-round-2-pearl-gallagher-vs-benson/ https://faboomama.com/2009/06/28/maid-for-you-poll-round-2-pearl-gallagher-vs-benson/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:35:22 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1768 https://faboomama.com/2009/06/28/maid-for-you-poll-round-2-pearl-gallagher-vs-benson/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Share and Enjoy: https://faboomama.com/2009/06/27/maid-for-you-poll-rosie-or-alice-nelson/ https://faboomama.com/2009/06/27/maid-for-you-poll-rosie-or-alice-nelson/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:09:40 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1766 https://faboomama.com/2009/06/27/maid-for-you-poll-rosie-or-alice-nelson/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Share and Enjoy: https://faboomama.com/2009/04/19/time-to-cancel-cable-thanks-to-hulu-youtube/ https://faboomama.com/2009/04/19/time-to-cancel-cable-thanks-to-hulu-youtube/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:28:41 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/2009/04/19/time-to-cancel-cable-thanks-to-hulu-youtube/ https://faboomama.com/2009/04/19/time-to-cancel-cable-thanks-to-hulu-youtube/feed/ 8 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Last summer when I was first introduced to Hulu, I thought it was a nice service. There were a few movies on there that my kids enjoyed, some clips of TV shows I had once found amusing, but for my taste it was definitely lacking. I’ve been a Netflix customer since 2001 (You can add me [...] https://faboomama.com/2009/03/11/the-sound-of-music/ https://faboomama.com/2009/03/11/the-sound-of-music/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:14:22 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1681 https://faboomama.com/2009/03/11/the-sound-of-music/feed/ 3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ On of the coolest things about being a parent is being able to rediscover things as you share them with your kid. I wonder if this is something unique to my generation as my parents did not actively share things with us as kids.  But one thing they passed down was a love of great [...] https://faboomama.com/2009/03/03/internet-confession-time-hunger/ https://faboomama.com/2009/03/03/internet-confession-time-hunger/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:07:22 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1653 https://faboomama.com/2009/03/03/internet-confession-time-hunger/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ This is what runs through my mind when I’m starving and looking for something to eat: Share and Enjoy: https://faboomama.com/2009/01/30/i-just-read-anathem/ https://faboomama.com/2009/01/30/i-just-read-anathem/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:12:22 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1607 https://faboomama.com/2009/01/30/i-just-read-anathem/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Anathem by Neal Stephenson My review rating: 2 of 5 starsWell, I finally finished reading this book. Meh. I think Neal Stephenson should stick to Earth. The book just read as a contract filler. We’ve read other books, better written with the hapless main character caught up in events. Not his [...] https://faboomama.com/2009/01/07/why-ive-been-silent/ https://faboomama.com/2009/01/07/why-ive-been-silent/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:50:09 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1596 https://faboomama.com/2009/01/07/why-ive-been-silent/feed/ 15 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ I’ve been getting emails the past few months asking me why I rarely blog any more.  Some of it was that I got so burnt out on politics that I just shut down. Some of it, is that I won’t want to put just anything on my blog. You can follow me on Friendfeed and [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/11/16/bitches-gone-wild-the-motrin-drama/ https://faboomama.com/2008/11/16/bitches-gone-wild-the-motrin-drama/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:33:34 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1567 https://faboomama.com/2008/11/16/bitches-gone-wild-the-motrin-drama/feed/ 6 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Can you say stupid with a slice of WTF? Last night, my Twitter started going off with angry tweets regarding an ad on the Motrin website.  I can’t show you the ad because it’s been pulled.  Let me describe it: It was a way too long video with a voiceover of some whiny mom complaining about something.  [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/11/07/hope-for-my-children/ https://faboomama.com/2008/11/07/hope-for-my-children/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:38:51 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1555 https://faboomama.com/2008/11/07/hope-for-my-children/feed/ 4 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Last year, about a month before my daughter turned for she asked who the “pretty man” on TV was. “Obama” I replied.  When I went to YearlyKos in Chicago, I told her about how the Democratic presidential candidates would be there and she’s asked if “President Obama” would attend. I explained to her that he [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/11/05/musings-on-last-nights-election/ https://faboomama.com/2008/11/05/musings-on-last-nights-election/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:17:31 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1547 https://faboomama.com/2008/11/05/musings-on-last-nights-election/feed/ 3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ am not going to try to write a long intellectual entry on what happened last night. I can only post snapshots on we witnessed.  My feelings are still too raw.  I woke up this morning, like in 2000 and 2004, with a knot in my stomach; expecting a different outcome.  I rushed to grab my [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/10/15/halloween/ https://faboomama.com/2008/10/15/halloween/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:43:14 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1526 https://faboomama.com/2008/10/15/halloween/feed/ 6 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ When we moved to California, I attended school in the Rowland Heights School District.  This was back in the 80s, so things were a little more lax back then.  On Halloween, the students would dress up and in elementary school, there’d be a parade.  The kindergarteners would start it walking through and picking up the [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/09/03/sarah-palins-national-debut/ https://faboomama.com/2008/09/03/sarah-palins-national-debut/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:16:10 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1491 https://faboomama.com/2008/09/03/sarah-palins-national-debut/feed/ 7 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Considering that all the speeches we saw tonight were disjointed messes, it was only natural that Palin’s speech would follow the trend. Considering that all the speeches we saw tonight were chock full of blatant lies the records of the candidates, it was only natural that Palin’s speech would follow the trend. Considering that Palin was a [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/08/14/las-vegas-2008/ https://faboomama.com/2008/08/14/las-vegas-2008/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:56:53 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1459 https://faboomama.com/2008/08/14/las-vegas-2008/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ I’m in Las Vegas. Just like the last time I was in Vegas, I’m staying at the Riviera and attending a conference with internet people.  Unlike the last time, the chances of me having fun are really, realy high and Mark Warner’s not throwing a party in the Stratosphere’s tower. But this isn’t about that [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/08/10/nbc-still-sucks/ https://faboomama.com/2008/08/10/nbc-still-sucks/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:44:39 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1447 https://faboomama.com/2008/08/10/nbc-still-sucks/feed/ 6 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Image via Wikipedia I wrote an entry about the suckitude of NBC covering the Olympics back in 2006.  NBCs coverage certainly fell off 10 years previous, but since Sydney, it’s increasingly painful to watch.  It’s not the just the fluff pieces on the athletes where a knee scrape at the age of 6 is told with [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/08/07/dance-ditty-of-the-day/ https://faboomama.com/2008/08/07/dance-ditty-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:34:11 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1443 https://faboomama.com/2008/08/07/dance-ditty-of-the-day/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Share and Enjoy: https://faboomama.com/2008/08/07/social-friend-of-the-day-1/ https://faboomama.com/2008/08/07/social-friend-of-the-day-1/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:55:37 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1442 https://faboomama.com/2008/08/07/social-friend-of-the-day-1/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Social Friend of the Day on 12seconds.tv Share and Enjoy: https://faboomama.com/2008/06/25/i-won/ https://faboomama.com/2008/06/25/i-won/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:44:07 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1431 https://faboomama.com/2008/06/25/i-won/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ That’s right, I won the Easy Green Living book by Renée Loux that was being given away on Seesmic. Want to watch the whole thing? Below is the video of the when Ms. Loux took our questions on what we viewed as important in living “green”: Yes, that’s not Renée, but if you click [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/06/23/is-the-carlin-corpse-fucking-done/ https://faboomama.com/2008/06/23/is-the-carlin-corpse-fucking-done/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:29:36 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1430 https://faboomama.com/2008/06/23/is-the-carlin-corpse-fucking-done/feed/ 7 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ *Disclaimer*: I’m one of many people who never thought George Carlin was funny and who believed that he ruined Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Now, honestly people…why is it that just about every political blog has been spammed with the 30 year old “comedy” bits that weren’t funny 30 years ago?  I don’t get it.  Carlin [...] https://faboomama.com/2008/06/15/seesmic-guitar-lessons/ https://faboomama.com/2008/06/15/seesmic-guitar-lessons/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:22:03 +0000 Anika Malone https://faboomama.com/?p=1425 https://faboomama.com/2008/06/15/seesmic-guitar-lessons/feed/ 4 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Over at Seesmic, Craig Manganello is offering guitar lessons. This project arose from a conversation where people expressed interest in learning their guitars. So Craig, a singer and songwriter from Long Island, has offered to tutor. There are 5 lessons all together, culminating in the guitarist playing Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. [...]