https://alainamabaso.com/2018/09/04/one-important-thing-is-changing/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ben-franklin-bridge.jpegBen Franklin Bridge2018-09-05T14:23:56+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2013/09/07/the-agony-and-the-irony-of-shopping-at-old-navy/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/old-navy-blue-jeans.jpgDo you look like this? Stay out of Abercrombie and Fitch and Lululemon! https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/old-navy-black-jeans.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/old-navy-2.jpgThank you, Old Navy, for leaving no stone unturned in your effort to honor all body types. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/old-navy-3.jpgLord give me strength. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/old-navy-1.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/old-navy-4.jpgIn a 2013 Alaina Mabaso's Blog poll, these mannequins were voted "Most Likely to Come to Life at Night and Creep Grinning Through the Shadows."2018-09-28T15:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/about/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/a-flock-of-t-rex-edited1-e1404957165776.jpga-flock-of-t-rex-edited1WELCOME! This picture is my take on an unadulterated truth of the natural world. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/a-flock-of-t-rex-edited.jpga-flock-of-t-rex-editedWelcome to the blog! This picture is my take on an utterly unadulterated truth of the natural world. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/baby-alaina.jpgbaby-alainaAlaina Mabaso, c. 1984https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/fifa-5.jpgfifa-5Click on the hair for a link to "The Solution to Incompetent FIFA Refs"https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/skinny-jeans.jpgskinny-jeansClick on the pants for a link to "Skinny Jeans: the Pants for Everyone?"https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/scorpion.jpgscorpionClick on this scorpion for a link to "Judgment Day!"https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/henryviii.jpghenryviiiClick on this comic for a link to "The Birthday Syndrome".https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/slots-player1.jpgslots-player1Click on this comic for a link to "The Glorious Fourth".https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/slots-player.jpgslots-playerJust one of the real-life characters you'll find on my blog.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_0676.jpgAlaina Mabaso2018-05-19T19:28:02+00:00weekly0.6https://alainamabaso.com/contact-faq-and-clips/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/alaina-mabaso-pic-e1404960433199.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/alaina-headshot.jpgI think it's nice to see a blogger's face. Photo credit Lala Mabaso. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/baby-alaina.jpgbaby-alainaAlaina, C. 19842018-05-19T19:25:42+00:00weekly0.6https://alainamabaso.com/fiction-need-not-apply/2018-05-19T19:23:21+00:00weekly0.6https://alainamabaso.com/2011/11/08/mississippis-amendment-26-personhood-for-all-unless-youre-female/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/personhood-comic.jpgpersonhood-comic2018-05-19T18:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/09/30/soup-of-the-gods/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/judy-soup-text.jpgjudy-soup-texthttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/karas-soup.jpgkaras-soupAunt's soup. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/my-tom-ka-gai-in-pot1.jpgmy-tom-ka-gai-in-pot1My soup. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/my-tom-ka-gai-in-pot.jpgmy-tom-ka-gai-in-potSpices are not the spice of my life. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ryan-and-soup.jpgryan-and-soupMy cousin Ryan Tennis, a popular Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter. No, I'm not biased, he's really good. And he likes my soup.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fish-sauce-and-fry-e1317355844223.jpgfish-sauce-and-fryNone of my fish were harmed in the making of this fish sauce. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/chicken-stock.jpgchicken-stockIf you like something else in your chicken broth, by all means throw it in. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tom-ka-gai-ingredients.jpgtom-ka-gai-ingredientsLemongrass, galangal and lime leaves. You may have a sexier chopping block than this one. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lime-leaves.jpglime-leavesLime Leaves. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/galangal.jpggalangal2018-05-19T18:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/08/24/from-the-only-girl-on-the-whole-east-coast-who-missed-the-damned-earthquake/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_1978.jpgimg_1978https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/septa_bus.jpgsepta_bus2018-05-19T18:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/04/30/what-do-kate-middleton-and-han-solo-have-in-common-the-royal-wedding-hijacks-alaina-mabasos-blog/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/han-solo-frozen-in-carbonite_3.jpghan-solo-frozen-in-carbonite_3https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/royal-wedding-hats-580x435.jpg"I am going to put this on, and then sit behind the Queen while two billion people are watching."2018-05-19T17:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/03/12/woman-are-bad-drivers-and-other-things-my-doctor-told-me/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ame-certificate2.jpgCertifiable.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ame-certificate1.jpgCertifiable. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ame-certificate.jpgCertified. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/snellen.jpgsnellenhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/clear-eye-chart.jpgclear eye charthttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/irish-doctor.jpgA quality driver.2018-05-19T17:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/02/08/the-career-woman-or-life-on-a-private-jet/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0753.jpgThis is a little more my usual speed.At work in more accustomed scenery. 2018-05-19T17:29:50+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2010/10/05/going-postal-it-all-makes-sense/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/23-cherry-street.jpgA Mailbox Like Thishttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/noahs-ark.jpgNoah's Flood and the Grand Canyonhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/killer-mailman.jpgWhat is that mailman doing? 2018-05-19T17:24:49+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/01/08/love-and-togetherness-in-the-age-of-santorum/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/edited-santorum-logo.jpgedited-santorum-logoA slightly more honest version of Santorum's campaign slogan. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/santorums-america.jpgsantorums-americaSantorum's America. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sex-on-my-terms.jpgsex-on-my-termshttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/love-in-the-age-of-santorum.jpglove-in-the-age-of-santorumLove in the Age of Santorum. 2018-05-19T16:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/01/23/i-can-relate-mr-gingrich-but-heres-the-trouble-of-starting-work-at-thirteen/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bac-pac.jpgbac-pacAuthor in college, first row on the left (forgive the pants). Almost forgot, I was on the Student Orientation Committee too (future husband at left). https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/deka.jpgdekaThe author in high school. Blond hair and purple outfit near the left. By this time I'd been working for about five years.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/janitorial-gear.jpgjanitorial-gearDoes using this stuff safely require any training or expertise? https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jackie-gingrich.jpgjackie-gingrichJackie Gingrich Cushing: did not have to aid poverty-stricken family. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wncs.jpgwncsAuthor 3rd row from front, four kids from the right. Age at which Gingrich recommends becoming a janitor. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/newt-gingrich.jpgnewt-gingrich"Put those lazy low-income kids to work!"2018-05-19T16:34:17+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/04/23/vuracious-palettes-and-other-recent-tragedies-in-retail-signage/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dog-bone-rug.jpgdog-bone-rughttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/neurogasm-e1335217111108.jpgneurogasmhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/neurogasm-sale-e1335216982101.jpgneurogasm-salehttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/garlic-snacks-e1335216906729.jpggarlic snackshttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/suspicious-activities-e1335216854298.jpgsuspicious-activitieshttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vuracious-buyers-e1335216734257.jpgvuracious buyershttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/delight-your-pallette-e1335216665423.jpgdelight your pallette2018-05-19T15:35:55+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/08/15/when-dogs-lie/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/briggs-in-the-bathroom.jpgbriggs-in-the-bathroomhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/suspecting-briggs.jpgsuspecting-briggshttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/briggs-stealing-food.jpgbriggs-stealing-foodhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kallie-door-handle.jpgKallie door handlehttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kallie-doorknob.jpgkallie-doorknobhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cuda-finds-the-deer.jpgcuda-finds-the-deerThere it is!!https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cuda-high-jump.jpgcuda-high-jumphttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/java-and-dexter.jpgjava-and-dexter2018-05-19T15:20:57+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2013/09/18/eight-reasons-to-not-send-your-daughter-to-college-explained-to-the-daughter/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/raylan-alleman.jpgMr. Alleman and his wife, who know what is best for you. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/female-beekeeper.jpgWhat were this woman's parents trying to prove, letting her become a beekeeper? https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/carved-pumpkin.jpgGoing to college will never help you carve a pumpkin like this for your kids' Halloween. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/college-roller-coaster.jpgThere I am, in purple, during my college days. Now I'm ashamed of all the reckless, sexually irresponsible outings like this one. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alaina-at-nastar.jpgBecause I went to college and became a writer, I was able to write a story about simulating the physics of spaceflight. Now I'm ashamed of my arrogance.2018-05-19T14:48:46+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2013/10/22/and-then-we-all-became-white-men-casual-racism-in-evolutionary-diagrams/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/human-evolution-go-back.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/example4.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/example-3.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/faces.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/example-2.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/gorilla-to-man.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/chimp-to-man.jpg2018-05-19T14:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2014/04/14/four-pieces-of-wisdom-we-should-outlaw-today/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dontsweatthesmallstuff-e1397523857404.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/thumper.jpgFrom the mouths of (rabbit) babes. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-kiss-e1397523151962.jpg1859's "The Kiss" by Francesco Hayez. Image via Wikimedia Commons. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/colorful-x-ray.jpgImage: © Nevit Dilmen. Found at Wikimedia Commons.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/granda-e1397524582553.jpgGrandma wasn't always right. Image via Wikimedia Commons. 2018-05-19T14:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/04/03/i-dont-owe-you-a-smile-part-ii-the-curious-failure-of-sweatpants/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/failure-of-sweatpants.jpgfailure-of-sweatpants2017-10-19T18:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/03/28/after-twenty-eight-years-i-am-finally-saying-it-i-dont-owe-you-a-smile/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/forced-smile.jpgforced-smilehttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/natural-smile.jpgnatural-smile2017-10-19T17:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2017/05/25/the-unbearable-rightness-of-being-vaccinated-for-rabies/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7292.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7291.jpgThis ER nurse at Pennsylvania Hospital is thrilled to be preventing rabies. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7265.jpgThe bite site after the immune globulin. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7266.jpgAfter the immune globulin. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7284.jpgWaiting in the ER for my rabies vaccination. 2017-07-20T00:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2016/12/11/in-the-age-of-trump-is-making-phone-calls-still-scary-af/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/phone.png2016-12-30T20:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2016/08/16/this-is-how-i-trained-a-small-dog-to-ride-in-a-bag/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_4379.jpgNow Ginny can come on adventures with us by train. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_4325.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_4324.jpgWaiting for the train in Glenside, PA. 2016-09-05T14:37:23+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2016/06/08/an-open-letter-to-the-former-tenant/2016-06-12T00:25:18+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2016/05/15/i-hope-you-enjoyed-your-life-before-you-adopted-a-dog/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3271.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3277.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3264.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3242.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3121.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3230.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3192.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3055.jpg2016-05-29T17:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2016/04/13/nineteen-steps-to-assemble-your-ikea-furniture/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/unrolling-bed.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/photo-apr-11-11-58-56-am.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/omg-hardwear-no.jpgNOPE.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/filing-cabinet.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/photo-apr-11-11-56-54-am.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/teeter-helps.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/this-is-actually-a-bed1.jpgThis is actually a bed.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wtf-does-this-mean-2.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wtf-does-this-mean-1.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/this-is-actually-a-bed.jpg2016-08-16T04:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2016/02/09/half-of-the-people-who-wrote-to-me-after-my-blog-post-about-divorce-have-suffered-abuse-and-thats-not-ok/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fence-in-tree.jpgFence in treehttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/alaina-on-the-pier.jpgAlaina on the pierLet's put a face on the experience of abuse. Here's mine. 2016-08-16T18:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/12/17/goodbye-to-aunt-doreen/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/old-aunt-dean.jpgold-aunt-deanhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/young-aunt-dean.jpgyoung-aunt-deanMy Aunt Doreen, in her younger years. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/calling-tiny.jpgcalling-tinyMy grandfather and my Great-Aunt Doreen talk to their sister over the internet. 2015-12-18T14:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2015/12/07/yes-i-am-divorced-here-are-some-things-i-predict-you-want-to-ask/2016-01-28T16:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2015/06/20/10-things-you-can-do-with-crutches-a-photo-gallery/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-19-10-23-58-am.jpgFUCK. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-17-8-03-09-pm.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-07-11-33-17-am.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-08-7-17-40-pm.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-18-1-35-20-pm-e1434843698716.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-07-11-30-35-am.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-07-11-27-13-am.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-07-11-23-11-am.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-07-11-22-06-am.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-07-11-22-32-am.jpg2016-07-01T15:23:40+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2015/06/11/surviving-major-surgery-part-2-c-that-shall-not-be-named/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-may-29-2-23-33-pm1-e1434067273516.jpg2015-06-21T18:30:09+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2015/06/05/what-the-docs-wont-say-about-surviving-major-surgery/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-03-11-15-55-am.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-03-2-09-09-pm.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-05-1-54-58-pm.jpgMy triumphal return from PT, two weeks post-op. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-may-30-2-30-47-pm.jpgMuch Fine Gold in action. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-may-27-11-09-33-am.jpgView from the blogger. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-may-26-2-03-10-pm.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jun-03-1-40-38-pm.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-may-31-11-14-45-am-e1433546225652.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-may-26-10-00-51-am.jpgWe are not making a mark for every damn 20 minutes. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-may-26-10-00-37-am.jpgTHIS IS IMPORTANT.2015-06-09T22:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2015/03/06/twenty-two-years-later-when-a-school-picture-is-so-wrong-its-right/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lisa-bond.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sneeze.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/levi-cowley.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/joram-smith.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/beata-and-bryan.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jim-cooper.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ryan-and-logan.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1993-school-picture.jpg2019-03-04T18:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/09/07/were-surviving-a-letter-to-older-generations-who-think-they-had-a-much-more-risky-hardcore-childhood-than-kids-today/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/broadcasting-the-baby-comic.jpgbroadcasting-the-baby-comicClick for a link to "Broadcasting the Baby", the first-ever Alaina Mabaso's Blog post. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/young-alaina.jpgyoung-alainaThe author, c. 1989https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/old-fashioned-kid.jpgold-fashioned-kidIn the good old days. 2015-03-04T17:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2015/01/18/i-dont-need-your-damn-dream-dictionary/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/freshman-year-alaina-e1421607686473.jpgHere I am in freshman year of college, before I realized how little SAT scores and GPAs have to do with real life.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-walking-dead.jpgYes, yes, enough hours of this and you will have nightmares. No regrets. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/t-rex.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/guinea-pig.jpg"You need to try a little harder, young lady." 2015-01-21T17:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2013/08/11/the-conjuring-is-a-damned-good-horror-movie/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/the-conjuring-poster.jpg2018-09-04T15:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2014/02/16/gay-rights-and-christians-and-kansas-oh-my-when-liberal-tolerance-goes-too-far/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/protected-by-the-constitution.jpgThe Bill of Rights in stick figures. Illustration from "The Violation of the Bishops." Click the sticks to read. 2014-07-10T03:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2014/05/08/is-this-the-ugliest-painting-in-the-world/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ugliest-painting-eyes-e1399607241751.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ugliest-painting-pig-face-e1399607090403.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ugliest-painting-flower-e1399607005911.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ugliest-painting-legs-e1399606945462.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ugliest-painting-vase-e1399606779443.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ugliest-painting-cropped-e1399605710100.jpg2016-07-22T15:53:38+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2014/05/30/i-have-seen-the-price-of-evil-and-its-7-99/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bad-clown-face-crop.jpgbad clown face crophttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bad-clown-medium-crop.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bad-clown.jpgSomebody owned this.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/the-conjuring-doll.jpg2014-07-10T02:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2013/10/15/why-i-hate-theatre/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/shakespeare.jpg2015-05-10T14:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2013/11/13/a-friend-to-the-squirrels-and-me-missing-lisa-in-elkins-park/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131112_161633.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131112_161526.jpg20131112_161526https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tree.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131112_161725.jpgThis is where we used to visit. 2013-11-14T23:26:47+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/08/24/workaday-journalist-goes-mccarthy-on-fareed-zakaria/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mccarthy.jpgmccarthyIf you don't want to be liked to this illustrious senator, don't call out famous journalists' mistakes. 2013-11-08T22:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2013/07/22/the-art-of-the-yard-sale-part-2/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/jewelry-store.jpgThe jewelry store.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/coach-fanny-pack.jpgYard sale style. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/vacuum-cleaner.jpgA bargain. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the-dogs.jpgThe dogs look on. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the-shoppers.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tables-close-up.jpgYard sale done right. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the-car-buyer.jpgMatchbox car enthusiast and spouse depart with the spoils. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the-sale-is-ready.jpgThe sale, moments before the customers descend. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the-peridot-bracelet.jpg2013-07-23T03:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/03/10/the-sporadic-poem-a-ladys-ode-to-santorum/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/santorums-america1.jpgsantorums-america1Santorum's America.https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/santorums-america.jpgsantorums-americaSantorum's America. 2013-07-10T12:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2013/06/27/oh-hooray-oh-hellfire-domas-deadcan-you-tell-me-what-the-court-actually-said/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/doma-ruling.jpg2013-07-10T03:20:57+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/12/12/10-non-fatalistic-real-life-tips-for-freelance-writers/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/copywriter-end-of-day-e1355366283921.jpg...here is my desk at the end of the day. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/writer-questions.jpgFrom an earlier post titled "What It Is Like to Be a Freelance Writer" https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/copywriter-start-of-day-e1355364518871.jpgThis is what my cubicle looks like at the beginning of a day of writing copy at the office. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/networking-sandwich.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/editors-via-networking-e1355363397667.jpgIf any of my current editors are reading this, feel free to try and figure out which stick figure you are. If any future editors are reading this, please be assured that I am extremely respectful. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dr-oz.jpgUnfortunately, he does not glow like this in person. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/networking-spider.jpg2017-06-06T12:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/12/21/six-tips-for-strong-writing-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-word-choice/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/brain-park-e1356143810982.jpghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/notebook-pile.jpgSome of my notebooks from the last few years. 2013-01-23T00:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/11/29/until-you-are-gray/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sunny-autumn-leaves.jpg2012-12-02T20:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/08/25/the-art-of-the-yard-sale/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bist-and-lain-at-christmas-party1.jpgbist-and-lain-at-christmas-party1https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bist-and-lain-at-christmas-party.jpgbist-and-lain-at-christmas-partyhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shrunken-heads-bw.jpgshrunken-heads-bwhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/jewelry-shoppers-bw.jpgjewelry-shoppers-bwhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/marked-items-ask.jpgmarked-items-askhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/necklace-pair.jpgnecklace-pairhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/intent-buyer.jpgintent-buyerhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/the-jewelry-connoisseur-bw.jpgthe-jewelry-connoisseur-bwhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/the-card-stock.jpgThe card stockhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/yard-sale-kid.jpgyard-sale-kid2012-08-28T12:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/06/03/what-it-is-like-to-be-a-freelance-writer/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/alaina-and-puse-e1338781022603.jpgalaina-and-puseThis photo of me was on the bio page of one of the websites that I write for. At an event one night a reader of that website told me I was a dead ringer for my photo. Of all the people I could look like, ends up I look like myself. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/14.jpg14https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/13.jpg13https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12.jpg12https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/11.jpg11https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/10.jpg10https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/9.jpg9https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/8.jpg8https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/7.jpg7https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6.jpg62012-12-18T03:25:47+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/05/30/how-to-put-me-off-chicken-salad-forever/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bonefish-grill.jpgbonefish-grillBetter. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/personified-shrimp.jpgpersonified-shrimpNot helping my appetite. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rescuers-down-under.jpgrescuers-down-underhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/chicken-sandwich-e1338397403219.jpgchicken-sandwich2012-06-02T03:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/03/15/the-five-levels-of-guilt-occasioned-by-canvassers/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/purple-canvassing.jpgpurple-canvassinghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/friendsies-canvassing.jpgfriendsies-canvassinghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/canvassing.jpgcanvassing2012-10-04T02:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/08/08/child-bans-acceptable-bigotry/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cookie-eating.jpgcookie-eatinghttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mcdains-kid.jpgmcdains-kidEat At McDains. 2012-09-15T04:55:53+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/02/12/the-violation-of-the-bishops/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bishop-not-violated.jpgbishop-not-violatedRealityhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/violated-bishop-2.jpgviolated-bishop-2Reality. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bishop-violated.jpgbishop-violatedhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/protected-by-the-constitution.jpgprotected-by-the-constitutionThe Bill of Rights in stick figures https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/us-bishops-conf-pres.jpgus-bishops-conf-presTimothy Dolan, President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (photo from the LA Times)2012-02-20T21:53:32+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2012/02/06/the-artist-the-best-new-old-movie-of-all-time/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/patrician-smolder-e1328503034426.jpgpatrician-smolderNope. I still don't care. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/valenins-stache.jpgvalenins-stacheThe 'stache is impervious to any misfortune. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/peppy-cries.jpgpeppy-criesNice cars are nothing when your friends are unhappy. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/deanna-durbin.jpgdeanna-durbinhttps://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/the-artist-poster.jpegthe-artist-poster2012-02-06T05:01:21+00:00monthlyhttps://alainamabaso.com/2011/12/22/christmas-extravaganza/https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-classic.jpgchristmas-classicIn the end, my presents were just as good as the dog's. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mom-christmas-sweater1-e1324614089553.jpgMom Christmas sweaterMom's Christmas Sweater. https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_2866.jpgimg_2866https://alainamabaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bist-and-lain-at-christmas-party.jpgbist-and-lain-at-christmas-partyMy brother and me, Christmas bash 2011. 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