For the past four years, I've been participating in the writing competition, therealljidol. One of the participants recently lost a dear loved one, and that inspired an Idol Gives Back post, encouraging donations to any causes that are close to our hearts.

Behind Painted Lines - My friend, Cara Goodwin, is putting on dance concert to honor her boyfriend, ( Read more... )

Written for therealljidol 8.17 "Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight ( Read more... )

Written for therealljidol 8.14 "Twitterpated ( Read more... )

Written for therealljidol 8.11 "Open Topic ( Read more... )

Written for therealljidol 8.9 "Counterintuitive ( Read more... )

written for therealljidol 8.8 "Traveling Travesty ( Read more... )

Written for therealljidol 8.7 "Bupkis ( Read more... )

Written for: therealljidol 8.6 "Food Memory"

The crock-pot. The slow-cooker. Call it what you will.

It is amazing.

Perfect for people like my sister and me who are enthusiastic, but not particularly talented in the kitchen. Suffice it to say that it is hard to mess up a crock-pot recipe. So when a friend passed along this recipe for chicken ( Read more... )

Written for therealljidol 8.5 "Inconceivable ( Read more... )

written for therealljidol 8.4 "What Does Narcissism Have To Do With Me?"

(For clarity, I will henceforth refer to my subconsciousness as The Fury...)

Him: I have one stipulation for going to rehab.

The Fury: Here we go...

Me: Okay... Which is what?

Him: I want a tattoo. Mr. Tatt lives really close and he gives me a really good deal!

The Fury: Because ( Read more... )