• 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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What To Buy For Your Wife For Mother’s Day Or Just Generally What To Buy For Me If You Want To Buy Me Stuff And Why Would You Because — Honestly — Do You Know Me Well Enough To Want To Buy Me Stuff? Not That I’m Saying You Shouldn’t.

I was all gung-ho to write this post this morning, filled with bright and witty suggestions for Mother’s Day gifts but then I watched a documentary called The Bridge last night and my brain refuses to dislodge itself from the sludgy depressed stupor it has fallen into, sort of like I imagine it was for [...]