Becky's Greatest Hits Vol. II

My fave song by Eddie Money.  Mainly for this classic line: "I can hear you breathing, I can feel your heart beat faster......." Also, I had the nerve to call it a "guilty pleasure" song over here . Sorry, Eddie.

My fave song by The Cars.  RIP Ric Ocasek. 

(I love it when my re-posts are still relevant!  Saves a lot of work and back-pedaling for me!) I was in Target on Sunday and could only use the word incredulous as a listened to a young teenager come at her own mother as they shopped.  I looked at the mom with what I hoped was an encouraging look of empathy.  She looked beat down.  I'm sure she had fought this battle before. Some know-it-alls (parents and even non-parents, btw) will be quick to sum that situation up as bad parenting, but I know for a fact it's not that simple.  I was raised well by good parents, and I remember well how hard I was on my mom when I was about 15 or so.  And my mom was a cool mom!  I've read that kids do this to their moms and dads for a number of reasons: claiming independence, testing boundaries, preparing to leave the nest, uncertainty, etc.  Those theories all sound good, and since I'm not child psychologist I'll go along with that. But here's one mo...

This is why Feminism always has to persevere.  You can almost laugh at some of these vintage ads, but most of them just make you saw wow!  In a time when it sometimes feels like we're moving in reverse, it's important to always keep an eye out for sexism.  It's out there and it's real....in legislation, in street harassment, in career-building, in politics and more.  The past is not so far behind.

This blog will be off the air before the season barely gets started, but I want to go on the record to say how much I still love my Cam and my Carolina "pandas" .  I'm still rooting for all y'all!

"I'm the guy who does his job... you must be the other guy."

(A re-post from waaaay back in 2010.  I'm super psyched to finally be seeing Rufus tonight!) I sometimes laugh at myself when I scroll through my i-pod artists and see so many songs by a few select artists. You know how when you REALLY love a singer or group that you want everyone else to love them too? Well, for this reason I may need to feature an artist from time to time and give you the best cuts so you can learn to love them too. I'll just make that my musical gift to you, gentle reader! And if you see a playlist and your first response is "who the hell is that????" then that's your cue to give this new guy a shot. Free your mind and open your ears, my friends to the adult contempo stylings of Rufus........ Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk Greek Song Chelsea Hotel No. 2 Beautiful Child April Fool's Between My Legs Across the Universe (omg....a gorgeous rendition of the classic Beatles tune) Calif...

Inspired by this blog post from last year , there are a number of Pop Culture hits that I not only have never understood.....but never actually even tried to understand.  Also, don't send hate mail.  Like all of these options, I will not take the time for it.  JS.

(Re-post from 2011.  I stand by it, even if it makes you mad.) I recently had a perfectly awful and annoying conversation with a random dude I barely know.  He was telling me a lot about his grown kids, who he was very proud of, as any father should be.  But why is it that so many people who have raised good kids seem to have so much judgment for other parents?  I've found this to be true in so many instances.  Do they realize that their kids could have easily gone the other way too?  Or do they just feel that confident that they did every thing right and reaped the benefits with these success stories? I have never been one to judge other parents.  I think my experience as a social worker and as a parent of special needs child has a lot to do with it.  I KNOW life is not so black and white.  Choices and decisions are hard and often based on the circumstances you are dealt.  I think most good parents are simply trying to...

  "I want to tell her that I love her a lot But I gotta get a bellyful of wine...."