Aug 8, 2011

  Dear Grocery Stores: Why do you love to torture parents so? It’s bad enough that you line the checkout aisles with candy and toys, but then you put Sandy the One Penny Pony right by the door so that I have to hear about “riding the pony” the entire grocery trip. Adding insult to injury, you place the claw-grabby-toy-no-one-wins game right...

Mar 12, 2011

Dear Job and Marketing Companies: I live in a very small town of–let’s say–around 4,000 people. It’s the kind of place where you know what your neighbor had for dinner and you hear through the grapevine who got in trouble at school. That’s why you lose all credibility when you send me emails with subject lines like, Make your resume...

Feb 26, 2011

Dear iPad Apps: I’m on to you and your cute little apps. I love the way that you offer them for free only to get the user hooked so that they must buy the full version. Also, what’s up with all those great kids’ games? You know my three year old loves the iPad. I realize that 99-cents isn’t much for a child’s educational app....

Jan 22, 2011

Dear 3D Movie Makers: I have a toddler. While I can appreciate the sometimes amazing (sometimes not) effects of a 3D movie, my two year old cannot. Not only that, there’s no way that I’m getting her to wear those 3D glasses for an entire ninety minute movie. I know that 3D is big, the current trend, but enough is enough. Can’t we just have a...

Dear Celebrity Fragrances: Each year when the holiday season is upon us, we are bombarded with a stunning amount of new celebrity fragrances. We have to watch commercial after commercial of  you–the Britneys and Mariahs of the world–while you try to sell us another new holiday fragrance. Well, this year I’m here to tell you: We like the...