• 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.

    Parksville, Day 3

    Thetis Lake, Thursday

    Thetis Lake, Thursday

    More Photos

  • 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.

  • I Flock

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The Bachelorette: The Men Tell Nothing

Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Karen

Wait, what?  Did I just watch that for two hours?   Well, no, I mean, but sort of.   I COULD have watched it for two hours but I hit the fast forward button because I.  Could.   Not.   Take.   It.    Was Ali ever in beauty pageants?   Because, what?   A [...]

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The Bachelorette, Episode 9: THIS JUST IN, FRANK IS A DOUCHEBAG!

Posted on July 20th, 2010 by Karen

Obviously while Roberto was spending this season auditioning to be the next Bachelor, Frank was vying for a spot on the much trashier and more nauseating BachelorPad where the douchebags line up across from the inflated bimbos in swimsuits and then suddenly and alarmingly launch themselves into a gratuitous game of Twister.    Because, holy [...]

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This Post Is Not About The Bachelorette!

Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Karen

I have some bad news.   Brace yourself. I?  Have.  Gained!  Ten*  POUNDS. I weighed myself this morning because my pants wouldn’t button and I thought, Gee, nothing will help my ailing self esteem and poor mood more than getting on the scale and getting punched in the head with a series of numbers I [...]

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The Bachelorette, Episode 8: Is it Serial Killing if it’s animals you are slaying? Just wondering.

Posted on July 13th, 2010 by Karen

Oh, I don’t have much time today for this, which I’m sure will disappoint  the masses, or not, but how could I resist doing even a quick blog because OMG or even OMFG or OMF[insert entire alphabet here]G, TAXIDERMY!  I think the moment that Ali stepped into Kirk’s Dad’s basement actually trumped the time when [...]

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The Bachelorette, Episode 7: Let’s Stop Pretending that ABC is Doing Anything But Trash Mongering!,

Posted on July 6th, 2010 by Karen

So Portugal looks nice, doesn’t it?   I mean, it’s no Turkey, but it’s pretty and it’s sunny and Ali has an opportunity to wear summer clothes and beach hair and I want nothing more than to send her to a salon for a blow out because what is so wrong with having hair that [...]

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