A little over a year ago, a local nonprofit support group came to me and asked me to take over as chair."What?""Are you insane?""I've never done anything like this before in my life.""I'm afriad of people."Despite the negativity swirling in my head, I ...

So the kids start back to school on Wednesday. I think they're both eager to get back to it. Me? I'd like to have them here a little while longer. Clip their wings.Today, instead of enjoying the last day of summer vacation, we were rushing around secur...

Here's another batch of yummy Culture Brats goodness:We critique M.I.A.'s "XXXO" video.We could have met Bret Michaels.We tell you about the Copeland brothers.We rank our seventeen favorite John Cusack roles.Oh! Did I tell you Culture Brats was mention...

So I'm sitting there, waiting for the guys at the dealership to change the oil in my car. Because I don't know how to do things like this for myself. Yeah.I'm sitting there with about five other guys. No women. Sausagefest.Rachel Ray was on TV. There w...

Here's another batch of yummy Culture Brats goodness:The Anna Faris Rule.Would you wear brass knuckles from your earlobes?The story of my first Swatch watch.Debbie Gibson and Tiffany wrestling.The top 18 Nicolas Cage roles.A look at the Tron: Legacy ma...

So there's been one of those big road paver things sitting at the end of my street for the past twenty-eight hours. I don't know the technical term for it -- it's that piece of equipment with the big rolling pin on one end of it to flatten things with....

You're like a turtle, man.No, seriously. You look like a turtle to me. A neurotic, little turtle.I could say something like "Break out of your shell, dude," but I don't want to get all meteoric metaphoric on you.Instead, I'll just let you know you look...

Starting, um, now, I'm going to be linking to my favorite posts on Culture Brats.OK?Here we go:The '80s dating rituals involving Swatch watches.The eighteen greatest Madonna videos.A kickass song and video (with zombies in bikinis).What is up with vamp...

Congratulations!You just found the only post you'll read all day that's not some sort of BlogHer primer, telling you what to wear, how to act, and all that kind of stuff.Ok. I'm exaggerating. Slightly.But I've read enough FAQs on the web, Twitter, and ...

You know, I could pick up the phone right now (well, not right now because it's 10:12 PM, but during normal business hours) and find someone to teach my daughterhow to swimhow to play a musical instrumenttae kwon do (or some other kind of self defense ...