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Bestseller or Bargain Bin: The Stories We Tell About Ourselves

I’m a storyteller. I tell stories. Recently, however,…

June 9, 2010/by Melanie Bates

Steer Pizzle: The Initiation of a Kennel Mom

I don't know if I'm prepared for motherhood. In fact, I think…

May 26, 2010/by Melanie Bates

You Won’t Find Your Inner Child on a Milk Carton

Dedicated to Jen Lyman - May you find your Selves and gather…

May 17, 2010/by Melanie Bates

meh. A Quest for Mojo

I recently lost my mojo. I don’t know what else to…

April 25, 2010/by Melanie Bates

How to Date That Elusive Man

It’s often said that we are wise when we’re able to learn…

March 21, 2010/by Melanie Bates

54 Miles to Empty

It seemed I'd been driving down the proverbial highway of…

February 11, 2010/by Melanie Bates

Flushed

According to my personal psychologist, priest, and physician Google,…

January 28, 2010/by Melanie Bates

Buffet o’ Life: The Commandments of the Broccoli

One of my favorite quotations in life is by an author unknown…

November 16, 2009/by Melanie Bates

Facebook: It’s Been Three Minutes Since My Last Confession

(Note: To my more, perhaps, delicate or easily queasy readers…

October 24, 2009/by Melanie Bates

Fiddler on the Quad

I have been called a Non-Traditional student many times over…

October 6, 2009/by Melanie Bates

An Ice Cream Carol

"Wake up and piss, the world's on fire," my step-dad used to…

August 5, 2009/by Melanie Bates

Does Jesus Pee? – A Treatise on Self-Love

Woke up today with another hangover. Truth be told hangover…

July 23, 2009/by Melanie Bates

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