Handy Resources For Full-Time RVers
Full-timing used to mean being at the mercy of the town in which you stopped (meaning good luck finding someone who sells Ltoilet deodorizer in Dribbleville, Wyoming — or who understands awning pulls...
View ArticleA Letter To Send To Your Congressperson
Lately, a lot of my child-free friends have been bitching about the many tax incentives offered to those who reproduce. They feel it's unfair that we, as a society, are rewarding people for increasing...
View ArticleThe Conservative Right And Comprehensive Sex Ed
I just read the stupidest conjecture possible on the web — the idea that sex education ENCOURAGES rape. What?? This brilliant article suggested that teen boys are being deliberately aroused by the...
View ArticleGermaphobic Parents, Creating A Super-Bug That Will Wipe Us All Out
Lately, I've had way too many people in my life contracting (and in a few cases dying from) MRSA — an antibiotic-resistant staph infection that is incredibly difficult to treat, immune to most...
View ArticleRedefining The Family
I was chatting with a woman the other day about my full-time RVing lifestyle. She asked if I traveled with my family, and I said, “Yes, me and my two cats.” She replied, “Oh no, I meant a real family...
View ArticleChlorinating The Gene Pool
A no-kidding friend of mine recently made a great suggestion — she said, “Wouldn't it be great if the USDA secretly added a safe, effective level of birth control to those products most commonly...
View ArticleTo Snip Or Not To Snip — That Is The Question
I joke about having asked for a tubal ligation when I was 16 — but I'm only kidding. With Depo Provera on the market, I have no need for surgery. We're doing just fine at preventing pregnancy without a...
View ArticleWho Should Live — Mom Or The Child?
The 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade just passed — ever since the bill passed, folks have been arguing about whether a fetus is a full person and should be afforded the same rights as those of us who...
View ArticleOrganized Tips For Saving Money On Wellness
Healthcare costs in this country have gone through the roof, and many people feel as if they just can't afford to take good care of themselves anymore. But saving money on health costs does not mean...
View ArticleYou People Are Killing Us With The Antibacterials!
Lately, I've had way too many people in my life contracting (and in a few cases dying from) MRSA — an antibiotic-resistant staph infection that is incredibly difficult to treat, immune to most...
View ArticleMedical Polygamy — Healthcare On The Road
It is that time of year again — I just had my annual physical here in Miami (last time it was in Portland, and before that in D.C.) When you’re on the road 365 days of the year, you never know where...
View ArticleFinding A Vet That You Like
Time for the annual doctor visits (always fun when you’re an RVer!) It’s hard to be monogamous to one provider when you travel year-round — you never know where you’ll be when you get sick or you’re...
View ArticleFiscal Discrimination Against The Self-Employed
I have been self-employed since 1998, and you couldn’t pay me enough money to go back to working for someone else (well, you could — but it would have to be so much that after a year’s time, I could...
View ArticleFrugal Living 101 — Health And Fitness
Healthcare costs in this country have gone through the roof, and many people feel as if they just can’t afford to take good care of themselves anymore. But saving money on health costs does not mean...
View ArticleWin A Baby!
While traveling in Canada, I heard an announcement for what must be the strangest possible radio contest — the opportunity to win a baby! I pictured a table set up in a mall, bearing an infant sitting...
View ArticleTo Snip Or Not To Snip — That Is The Question
I joke about having asked for a tubal ligation when I was 16 — but I’m only kidding. With Depo Provera on the market, I have no need for surgery. We’re doing just fine at preventing pregnancy without a...
View ArticleChlorinating The Gene Pool
A no-kidding friend of mine recently made a great suggestion — she said, “Wouldn’t it be great if the USDA secretly added a safe, effective level of birth control to those products most commonly...
View ArticleOh, My Aching Birth Canal!
I just tripped over a recent news story about a 14-pound baby born in Monterey, CA — makes my nether-regions ache reading about it! If giving birth to a child that is essentially 6 months old scares...
View ArticleMy Experience As A Birth Partner — As The Stomach Swells
Just because I haven’t chosen to have kids myself does not mean that I am unacquainted with the birthing process. When I did my Social Work internship in college, I was actually a birth partner for a...
View ArticleHealthcare Costs Versus LIfestyle Choices — It’s Time To Pay For That Big Mac
I have just returned from the hospital — where my hugely overweight brother-in-law is waiting to find out if his arteries are completely blocked from years of Southern eating and no exercise. My sister...
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