by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 29, 2013 | Monday Musings
When I was little I couldn’t pronounce what my father did for a living. Lithographer was simply too difficult. However, within the printing industry my father’s job was called ‘stripper’ because he cut out and assembled strips of film. I can still remember being five...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 24, 2013 | Gifts for Geeks
Every once in a while too horrific happens, and I have to dress up. And not just jeans instead of yoga pants paired with one of my nicer pop culture tee shirts instead of an older faded one. I mean shower, dust off the heels, wear grown-up stylish clothes, and...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 22, 2013 | Alica Mckenna Johnson
The apocalypse is coming, you have a week before it gets here. So, what would you eat? I know you don’t have to get ready. I mean, come on, you’ve already packed your bug-out bag and carefully marked caches of food and supplies in route to the perfect place to hole up...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 17, 2013 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
My loving husband bought me gluten free chocolate cupcakes. For the sake of my sanity, we won’t discuss the calorie count of these amazing treats. Before I ate my cupcake, I asked my daughter to make one of the gluten free cake mixes. She rolled her eyes and asked...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 15, 2013 | Monday Musings
We all have to-do lists. Lists of chores, errands, projects, phones calls—it goes on and on and on, until we want to crawl into bed and cry. But I have two to-do lists: the crappy one, and the one I wish I could devote all my time to. My Geek Girl To-Do List. First...