I took a quiz on AOL courtesy of Women’s Health. One of the questions asked why graham crackers were invented. You may think the answer has something to do with yummy goodness. Nope. Here’s the explanation:
Rev. Sylvester Graham led America in its first health food crusade. He bought into the [...]

It is a profoundly gleeful day in my house. It is a perfect storm of HelenKay happiness over here. See, I love college football, am a political junkie and am fascinated by true crime. And how, you ask, are these things related? Well, today is the first day of college football. [...]

Proof that love makes you lose your freaking mind:
According the the Chicago Sun-Times, a bride and groom were tasered and arrested during their wedding reception. Yeah, you read that right. It’s a familiar story: bride gets drunk, police are called, couple spends wedding night in jail. Who hasn’t been [...]

Today is one of those days where I don’t have a thing to say. Strange, I know. Anyone who knows me knows I like to chat. But I feel a bit rundown. No idea why. I’m not sick. Got plenty of sleep. And, really, it’s not as if [...]

Today I’m painting the guest room. Ah, my glamorous life.
Since moving in 20 months ago, we’ve painted every room…except this one. It’s purple. Dark purple. We tried to live with it, but about a month ago I said it had to go. It was one of those [...]

Some news articles just make me smile. This is one of them.
I somehow found this UPI story called Beachgoers in France Going Topless Less. The point is that with the rough economy, women are keeping their tops on at normally topless beaches. According to French academic Dr. Guy Fournier, the theory goes [...]

I’m leaving for San Francisco this afternoon.* I’ll be at the RWA conference all week and, depending on the internet access, will blog from there. In the meantime, here’s the photo of me in front of Iron Man at Comic-Con last weekend. Forgive the quality. It’s from a cellphone.

*Someone is staying [...]

I am ignoring the traffic and crowds and heading to the San Diego Convention Center for a day of Comic-Con. Never been there before. And, no, I will not be wearing a costume. Never going to happen. In fact, it will take a significant amount of self-censorship for me not to make fun [...]

Findings from a British survey earlier this year as reported in the Daily Mail:
Women stop reading serious literature and turn to ‘chick-lit’ after having children, research suggests.
Mothers were shown to swap novels and non- fiction for lighter reads including celebrity autobiographies by the likes of Victoria Beckham and Jordan.
Sixty per cent of mums admit they [...]

This is just the most fabulous summer photo ever:

It’s a pool in Penglai in Sichuan, western China.
And…wow. Just, wow.