• 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.
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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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OK, Fine, Yes, I watched The Bachelor Molly/Jason Wedding, OK?

So I was going to blog a bunch of snark about this wedding which of course ABC is doing up like crazy to try to refute the fact that their series does not actually result in a myriad of happy, fairy-tale endings, then I actually WATCHED the wedding and all I feel is … myenh. [...]

The Bachelor Finale. Oh my gods, it’s FINALLY over. Hallelujah!

OK, first of all, I’d like to start off with a big huge fat “I TOLD YOU SO.”  There is no font large enough for the way that I am actually shouting that from the couch, so I won’t bother to change it, also because I don’t know how.
Now I’m doing the “I told you [...]

The Bachelor: The Women Tell All, Mostly They Say Stuff Like “It’s really hard to watch this!” Which Is True for All Of Us.

This episode was prefaced with a commercial for an upcoming news story about the best wiener.   It featured video footage of a couple of dozen bloated sausages sizzling on a barbecue.   WHY this made me laugh so hard is a mystery that could only be solved by Miss Marple, but I did start [...]

The Bachelor: Episode 7. In Which Jake Proceeds To Ruin One of My Favourite Places on Earth.

The funny thing is that watching other people kissing makes me really uncomfortable.   It’s just one of those things that ain’t pretty.   It’s AWKWARD.   It’s embarrassing.   Needless to say, I’ve spent much of this season of The Bachelor contemplating how our fireplace (which is below the TV) really is an eyesore [...]

The Bachelor: Episode 6. Wait, how can it be Hometown Week already? He barely knows these people! AND WHY DO I CARE?

Holy Hannah, time flies.   I’m sure this season just began with a bunch of cheesy schmaltz about “cloud nine” and now, lo, we are on the cusp of the finale and I have to admit that I was wrong because apart from the first couple of episodes, Jake has managed to mostly keep his [...]

The Bachelor: Episode Five. WHEN IS ABC GOING TO ADMIT THAT THEY PICKED THE WRONG DUDE?

I was drinking last night when I watched this, I’ll admit it up front.   I’m kind of a one-glass-of-wine-then-I-get-dizzy-and-have-to-lie-down person, at least I am lately, so the fact I had TWO glasses of wine last night may affect my ability to be completely objective about this episode.   Also, I have a wicked bad [...]

The Bachelor, Episode Four. I Can’t Even Think Of A Witty Title For This Craptacular Episode but I use RANDOM CAPS a lot.

Oh my gosh!  They are leaving the mansion!  And never going back!  Instead they are going to take a roadtrip in RVs!   And they have to pretend to be thrilled about this!  And they aren’t!   But they put on their game faces, our girls, and pretend that DANG IT, they are so excited. [...]

The Bachelor: Episode 3. Seriously, what?

I’ll admit from the outset that I’ve had a really weird week and weird things have happened, mostly that involve my legs being numb.   I don’t like it when weird things happen to any of my body parts so I may have been distracted and annoyed even before this show began, but at the [...]

The Bachelor: Episode 2. I Cringe, Therefore I Am Still Watching.

You know how some people like to watch horror movies?  I never got that.   I mean, I have no desire to watch someone being gorily (is that a word?) chopped into small pieces and then eaten or hacked up with a chainsaw and not eaten or really any variety of being cut and consumed [...]

The Bachelor: On the Wings Of Lurve, Baby. Episode The First.

Last night was the premiere of The Bachelor, which, if you’re me, is akin to my birthday and Easter and the day that JCrew Final Sale goes an extra 30% off all rolled into one.    In my case, it also included a visit to the eye doctor due to a Christmas Day eye injury [...]