About Melissa

Melissa is a full-time-working mother of three who thinks sleep is highly overrated, but only because she doesn't get any. She may be a little bitter about that. When she's not working for the man or trying to figure out why there's an extra kid in her back yard, she spends her free time curled up in the fetal position, mumbling about the laundry pile growing exponentially by the minute and seriously contemplating relocation to a nudist colony.

Countdown To The 2012 Olympics Scandals


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The Opening Ceremony kicking off the 2012 Olympic Games is just a few days away. If you’re like me, you’ll be glued to the TV at every opportunity, rooting for your favorite athletes and marveling at the feats of physical discipline and endurance on display, all while simultaneously lamenting that you skipped the gym that day, [...]

Marissa Mayer Takes On Yahoo! And The Mommy Wars


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By now you’ve heard the kerfuffle over Yahoo!’s new CEO, Marissa Mayer, and if you haven’t, please tell me the location of the rock you live under, and do you have room for one more? Yahoo! announced Monday that Mayer — Google’s 20th employee and first female engineer — has been hired to breathe new [...]

Why I Still Love Tom Cruise, Even If Katie (Also, Everybody Else) Doesn’t


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So, Tom Cruise is having a hell of a month so far, huh? I mean, to be in Iceland shooting your next epic blockbuster and eagerly anticipating an equally epic 50th (!!) birthday celebration with your wife and kid one minute, and being served divorce papers amid allegations said wife didn’t just leave you, she escaped you [...]

This July 4th, Let’s Celebrate Being American – But Mostly, Let’s Celebrate Not Being British


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It’s that time of year again: Independence Day. This is the day good ol’ ‘merica commemorates our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, as adopted by our founding fathers. Every other day of the year, we celebrate potential fathers. What better way to say “nanny nanny boo boo, wankers,” than by donning the colors of [...]

Did You See That? Movie Easter Eggs (Some Better Than The Actual Movie)


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Who doesn’t love a good Easter Egg — hidden messages, in-jokes, or features in movies? Nobody doesn’t, that’s who. Did you know about these? Let us know in the comments about any others worth looking for, because what better reason to watch movies than to go back to all your friends and be that know-it-all [...]