• I write books.

    I do! It's true. I have written for all sorts of different audiences. My first book was literary adult fiction and I've written many many books that have fallen into the category "juvenile fiction" and "YA fiction". I talk about my books and writing in general on my other site, which is at www.karenrivers.com. (I don't know how to make that a live link, so you may have to copy and paste.) (Sorry.) THIS site is about me, my hair, my kids, my appliances, and that time that I rode my bike down a cliff and then got stung by a bee. It may not all be appropriately awesome (or even slightly interesting) to kids, so if you are young, LOOK AWAY. That said, there is nothing harmful here, except the occasional swear, which I ask you to edit out with your eyes. Blink blink.

  • I take pictures.







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  • Is it safe to eat raw bacon?

    No. You shouldn't eat any raw pork products. You could get trichinosis and no doubt a number of other food-borne illnesses. With the recent change in food safety standards, I'd frankly cook the crap out of any meat product I purchased before eating it. Even if it's already cooked. Seriously. Keep in mind that I am not a raw bacon expert, I just play one on the web.

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In which I sort of Recap The Bachelorette, Episode 4. Or seriously, people, if you’re not there for the RIGHT REASON then you are EXACTLY WHAT THE PRODUCERS ARE LOOKING FOR.

Posted on June 9th, 2009 by Karen

Once again, I sat down last night to live-blog (OK, not really, but I like the drama and urgency the phrase “live-blog” suggests) Jillian Harris attempt to find love in various different coats.   Jillian, that is, not me.   I do not wear coats while I watch television.    Jillian probably does.   I have never seen [...]

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Five Magical Golden Rules For A Totally Awesome Blog Post That Will Garner You Five Thousand Daily Followers and Massive Ad Revenue and Also A Pony and A Rainbow And A Unicorn And A Kitten And Maybe That Smurf Lunchbox You’ve Always Wanted*.

Posted on June 5th, 2009 by Karen

1. Do not write posts when you are in a horrible, dark, very bad, evil, angry, no-good, rotten mood.   Or even if you are just slightly cross.   This will come through in your post and instead of laughing gaily and merrily and going about their day with a sparkle in their eye and a [...]

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In which I sort of recap The Bachelorette, Episode 3. Or What Did Juan do and Why Do They Play That Music Whenever He is On Screen?

Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by Karen

OK, I’ll admit it, when I sit down to watch this show I have every intention of paying attention to the details but this season is SO ENTIRELY CRINGEWORTHY that I have to spend a lot of time looking at Clayton and cringing, looking at the floor and cringing, looking at my dirty feet and [...]

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