relationships

Thoughts & reflections about life alongside other people, and the wife-mother-sister-friend of it all.

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  Facebook. Parenting. Context.

  Posted on February 13, 2012 by Kat French in relationships

  Over the weekend, a YouTube video went streaking through my social feeds like a comet, only to be eclipsed by news of Whitney Houston’s death and the Grammys. In the video, a clearly exasperated North Carolina dad reads a foul-mouthed, disrespectful post his 15 year old daughter put on Facebook, thinking she could block him [...]

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  No offense

  Posted on December 21, 2011 by Kat French in relationships, story & craft

  Have you ever noticed that people always say “No offense” either just before or after saying something that would give the other person cause to take offense? When someone says “no offense,” what they’re really saying is something like this: “I want to say something rude, disrespectful or offensive, but I have neither the tact [...]

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  It would be a Black Friday, indeed, if you got any of these Wal-Mart gifts.

  Posted on November 22, 2011 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  I think I’ve been pretty clear in the past that I think going to Wal-Mart is generally something you’ll regret.  Visiting a Wal-Mart Super Center the week of Thanksgiving is about as much fun as dragging your hand across a cheese grater.  Despite that, I have done the Black Friday thing in recent years because [...]

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  It’s Not Easy Being Green

  Posted on November 15, 2011 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  I apologize in advance for this egregiously self-indulgent post. This is not my favorite time of year. It used to be. I loved Halloween. My birthday’s in November. I loved Thanksgiving. I loved Christmas. In addition to the spiritual aspect of Thanksgiving and Advent, I had really excellent family memories of getting together for awesome [...]

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  Leading from any position

  Posted on November 3, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships

  Chris and I decided to create new characters and play through the first two Mass Effect games, this time making choices bearing in mind what we know about the last game in the series. We also wanted one last run through each to see some of the differences in plot that would come from making [...]

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  Costumes & Candy, Cider & Cornbread

  Posted on November 1, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention, real life, relationships

  I think it’s safe to say that “Halloween @ Aunt Katina’s House” is now a family tradition. It’s probably 50% location, and 50% my extreme enthusiasm for any holiday that involves shameless chocolate consumption and flamboyant costumes*. My sisters both live in much more typically suburban or straight-up rural neighborhoods, with no sidewalks, long driveways and [...]

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