tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105741053370787642024-03-05T16:30:21.270-08:00A Mad MomA place to rave and rant about kids and the worldLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-75255095588685592182012-10-20T11:13:00.000-07:002012-10-20T11:20:11.282-07:00Student Bullied By Teacher For Wearing Pro-Romney T-Shirt
Did you hear about this story out of Pennsylvania? A high school math teacher ordered a 16-year-old student to leave the classroom or remove her clothing when she walked into class wearing a “Romney\Ryan” t-shirt. The teacher told her that the school was a Democratic school and Republican t-shirts weren’t allowed there. The teacher, who is black, said it would be like her wearing a KKK shirtLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-87614353465890244592012-10-04T09:36:00.002-07:002012-10-04T19:38:23.225-07:00Redistribution of Wealth Starts With A Bus Pass
Yesterday, I got my first taste of what it would be like with Obama in office another four unbearably long years. My eldest daughter is in college, and in the process of making a tuition payment, I discovered that she was being charged all kinds of silly fees. If you've ever been through Escrow, you know what I'm talking about.
Anyhow, she wasLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-50712999454385348302012-09-26T11:50:00.001-07:002012-10-04T09:22:12.646-07:00Say Good-Bye To Father\Daughter Dances
The politically correct, ACLU police are out in full force again – this time in Cranston, Rhode Island, where one solitary single mother was able to shut down a long-standing tradition of Father\Daughter dances because she wasn’t able to participate in them.
I am a single mother and here’s what I have to say to that: Are you kidding me? If you're not a father, why would you want to go to a Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-16809658257790100682012-09-12T19:59:00.000-07:002012-10-04T09:22:54.994-07:00I like Honey Boo-Boo!
When I was a sweet, young thing, I used to watch Shirley Temple Theater religiously every Saturday afternoon. It was my great escape. While all the other kids in the neighborhood were outside biking and skating and playing Barbies on their lawn, I was hunkered down inside our TV room mesmerized by this adorable little singing/dancing sensation named Shirley Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-21629398286895418832012-09-11T17:42:00.001-07:002012-10-04T09:25:41.698-07:002016: Obama's America
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-81916473015730835522012-08-02T12:04:00.000-07:002012-10-04T09:26:28.338-07:00Chik-fil-A Ruffles Feathers The mercury hit 99 degrees in
this hot town around dinnertime yesterday, but that didn’t stop chicken lovers
from flocking in droves to the Chik-fil-A in my town. I was on my way to get
dinner elsewhere, and things got a little slow in the right lane.
As I got closer, I saw why: Scores of cars were Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-44523959953578701272012-07-07T08:49:00.002-07:002012-10-04T09:29:46.070-07:00ENCOURAGE YOUR TEENS TO VOTE!
My oldest
daughter, who just finished her freshman year in college, wants to be a
nurse. Not sure where that calling came
from, since her mother has always been weak-kneed at the sight of blood. But I love that she wants to make her living
as a healer and nurturer. She will be a natural at it, too, as she has always
been balm for my spirit.
While I think
she has chosen Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-69060220298339093272011-07-31T21:13:00.000-07:002012-09-12T07:12:27.465-07:00Half-Baked Parents
I own a cupcake shop now. Been in business almost a year. It absorbs nearly all of my time, which is a familiar chant from small-business owners. And it is the reason why I have abandoned this blog for so long. Sorry, folks. I just don't have time to bitch about anything anymore.
I know many of you couldn't be happier!
But lo and behold, I discovered yesterday that I still have a lot of Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-89970407762813176932010-06-28T12:07:00.000-07:002012-09-12T07:06:59.262-07:00Condoms For Kids? Brilliant!
Beth Singer, you should be so proud of yourself! As the superintendent of schools for Provincetown, Massachusetts, you are probably under tremendous pressure to start teaching our children the ways of the Left as early in their sweet lives as possible. I’m sure that the schoolchildren are getting pretty tired of singing that Obama anthem every morning. “…We can change the world … yes we can, Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-28571243977274854562010-06-11T21:20:00.000-07:002012-10-04T09:30:49.447-07:00Dan Wozniak Fooled Us All
In 2005, my two daughters were bitten by the acting bug and auditioned for the cast of “The Music Man,” produced by Orange County Children’s Theater (OCCT). The lead role, the actual Music Man himself, was played by Dan Wozniak. The now-infamous Dan Wozniak. You know . . . the guy from Costa Mesa who just murdered two people in Orange County, California, severing the head and limbs of his Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-54681565246478806712010-05-26T09:24:00.000-07:002012-09-12T07:09:08.383-07:00Spewing Anger Over The Oil Spill
This morning, I saw some DISGUSTING video on Fox News. It was a live shot of the oil that is hemorrhaging from the leaky oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. It is beyond my comprehension that so much of that oily, smelly, noxious, chokingly thick petroleum has been gushing into our beautiful ocean for nearly two months now. How can anyone responsible for this disaster lay their head down on a Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-90505897634844048342010-05-09T19:06:00.000-07:002010-05-09T19:09:32.729-07:00My Favorite Mother's Day VideoLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-53268990532464167772010-03-29T17:32:00.001-07:002012-09-06T09:41:46.126-07:00Stuff It, Walmart!
Everybody's going "green" these days. It's the new "black" of the marketing world. Hey, I'm all for conservation and sustainability and waste reduction and all that. I am a Native American, after all. But recently, the green movement has collided with my world. In case you haven't heard, Walmart is on a mission to reduce plastic bag use . . . how? By getting rid of them, altogether. That means Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-11935160484100175382010-02-11T14:35:00.000-08:002010-02-12T08:12:12.376-08:00“Sex,” 52 times!Have you seen the new teen drama on ABC called “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”? It’s attracting quite a throng of teenaged fans – my 16-year-old daughter, included. “Critics are raving about it!” screams the 20-second promo. My teenager makes sure she DVRs it every Monday night, just in case she has too much homework to watch it live.I had never seen “Secret Life,” but assumed it was Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-35537305611243065152009-12-22T09:06:00.000-08:002009-12-22T09:34:28.834-08:00Christmas Blues? Think Again.I wrote this piece a few years ago, but the sentiment has stood the test of time. It's worth another reminder:This will be the first Christmas EVER without my daughters. When you get divorced and your children are split in two, you know this dreaded day will come eventually. It’s like April 15th in December. Looking back, I’ve been blessed with 12 wonder-filled Christmas mornings, over a decade Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-75032234581030958752009-12-17T16:52:00.000-08:002012-09-06T09:48:04.045-07:00Taco Bell Burritos Shrunk!
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Now that the Tiger Woods scandal is pretty much old news, let's talk about another cheater: Taco Bell! Yep, I bring you another installment of "The Incredible Shrinking Bread Loaf," only this time, we're talking burritos.Drove through Taco Bell today to feed me and my teen. Lunch in a pinch. Ordered my usual bean burrito, and while it tasted the same -- hot, gooey and Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-25322145550621062632009-12-10T14:47:00.000-08:002012-09-06T10:05:51.265-07:00Are Men Capable Of Monogamy?
First off, a BIG thanks to Jouda Mann for his guest post about the Tiger Woods mess. Very interesting take on it, Jouda. You understand men all too well, and I am about to respond to you in my own special way.
Here goes . . . OK, Jouda, and all you other menfolk, I know I'm making a massive generalization here, but guys . . . why can't you be faithful to just ONE woman? Yeah, I know there are Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-92070058297948015572009-12-07T16:23:00.000-08:002009-12-07T23:07:55.134-08:00Tiger's Boredom FactorMy name is Jouda Mann, and with the recent upheaval over Tiger getting his jollies away from home, I felt that I had to rebut Lynn’s "Mad Mom" rant, and give a little perspective of my own. She has been kind enough to lease me some space in which to tell my point of view on the whole thing.So here’s how I think the whole Tiger Woods thing went down:The Lead-Up . . . From Tiger's Point of View"AllLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-16088113724890680372009-12-01T20:29:00.000-08:002012-09-06T09:50:16.809-07:00Tiger's Wood
Something smelled fishy from the start. Tiger Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant right outside his home at 2:30 in the morning, and his wife bashed in one of the windows of his Escalade with a golf club to pull him to safety.
Huh??
First of all, Escalades are huge cars. I don't really see how Tiger could have been "trapped" inside that ginormous vehicle. Besides, how much damage Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-28342996559056814402009-11-22T10:06:00.000-08:002012-09-06T09:51:20.918-07:00Leave The Moms Alone!I kid you not, the morning after I wrote my "Road Kill Of Another Kind" post, I was taking my daughter to school and saw not one officer pulling over a mom in a minivan, but THREE . . . all at the same time, right there in front of the middle school.
It looked like a sting operation!
I understand the profit motive, the explanation that Jouda touched on, that the recession is stretching Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-16579296660604595102009-11-17T12:15:00.000-08:002009-11-17T12:59:27.761-08:00Road Kill Of Another KindSpeaking of road kill . . . I have discovered that I am living under martial law in my new town. Cops are EVERYWHERE! Especially everywhere where you don't want them to be, like parked surreptitiously behind trees in the morning when you're driving your kids to school and need to break a few rules of the road to get them to class on time.I fired off this picture last week. When I first saw this Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-1569330389312218372009-10-29T15:03:00.000-07:002009-10-29T23:47:04.614-07:00Road KillOne thing’s for certain when you move to a small town: You can expect to see more dead animals in the road. It’s simple math. The less populated a city is with two-legged creatures, the more living space there is for the four-legged variety.About the second week I moved here, I noticed a dead raccoon on the side of the road right around the corner from my home. Poor guy, I thought. Poor BIG guy. Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-56467440538681256482009-10-25T10:11:00.000-07:002009-10-25T10:14:49.021-07:00SMILE!I rarely check my Facebook account. I don't like all that responsibility. But it's amazing what I find when I do finally poke my head in. Here's a fun little video I discovered there from a friend who sent it to me this morning:Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-34029527658303643772009-10-15T14:33:00.000-07:002009-10-15T19:27:04.499-07:00Welcome Home, Soldier!I found this on my lawn this morning. Sometimes, words aren't necessary. This picture says it all. In case you couldn't read the sign, here it is real close:Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810574105337078764.post-14317937801692842432009-10-03T09:38:00.000-07:002009-10-03T10:33:29.893-07:00Love Shouldn't Hurt Your home is supposed to be a safe place, a refuge from the stresses and storms of life. You shut your front door at night and gather around the warmth of kinship to relax, refuel and recharge. It feels so good to be home.But for one out of every four women in this country, home is anything but safe. When she closes her door – reluctantly -- to the protection of the outside world, it triggers Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829919538797463802noreply@blogger.com3