Raquel S. PinderDec 22, 20207 minSEASON 2How I let the Grinch Steal My Christmas!"Oh, the Who-Manity!" in my best Grinch voice. No, I'm not gonna draw some mind-blowing parallel to Whoville, where Cindy-Lou Who...
Raquel S. PinderDec 15, 20207 minSEASON 2Winter is Coming!Shameless confession, I've never watched not one episode of Game of Thrones. Even so, with each new season, the show becomes a hot button...
Raquel S. PinderDec 8, 20206 minSEASON 2Home Alone 2: Lost in the Big Apple!How in the pa-rum-pum-pum-pum did Kevin end up in the same situation one year later? Honestly, who am I to judge? I've realized I'd been...
Raquel S. PinderDec 1, 20206 minSEASON 2Home Alone IIf there was ever a phrase that suited me to-a-T, it would have to be when Kevin Mclasiter said to his mom, "This house is so full of...
Raquel S. PinderNov 24, 20207 minSEASON 2The Pivot is 0% Procrastination, 100% Application.I hate to admit it, but I might have been a bit of a mean girl as I roamed the halls of my high school in the early '90s. It took me a...
Raquel S. PinderNov 17, 20207 minSEASON 2Maybe Suited for Mature Audiences Only!Oh! Keep Taking Birth Control, Then! I'm sure you thought I was gonna be here talking bout women and reproduction. Nah, come on, you know...
Raquel S. PinderNov 10, 20207 minSEASON 2His & HersI believe the battle of the sexes ensued the minute Eve ate that fruit. Adam pointed the finger at Eve. Eve blamed the Serpent, and...
Raquel S. PinderNov 3, 20207 minSEASON 2The Soup That Eats Like a Meal! If you haven't guessed by now, I'm old school—a Millennial trapped in a Generation-X body. There's this constant tug-a-war in my mind...
Raquel S. PinderOct 27, 20205 minSEASON 2Are you a 'Trick' or a 'Treat'?After reading today's title, I hope your expectation isn't some religious dissertation on Halloween's background and the spiritual...
Raquel S. PinderOct 20, 20205 minSEASON 2Bet You Wished You Liked the Nice Guy Now, Huh?Captain's log—lockdown week number 365,451-and-11teen. Spawled across the sectional, scrolling your social media feed, minding your...
Raquel S. PinderOct 13, 20206 minSEASON 2Stand-back & Stand-by!Honey child, let me tell you....... 'Merica was NOT amused by the latest utterance from the lips of their Commander-n-Chief at the recent...
Raquel S. PinderOct 6, 20206 minSEASON 2Hello Haystack, I'm Needle!This past August, I turned 40! Hold on! Wait.....what?! I remember turning 30 like it was this morning. The realization that another...
Raquel S. PinderJul 21, 20209 minSEASON 1My Truth, Their Truth, The Truth: Learn the Difference!Please raise your right hand: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God? Response: I...
Raquel S. PinderJul 14, 20208 minSEASON 1Love it or List it! Some time back, I started to take some vocal lessons. There I was leading a group of people and was literally musically inept. Don't ask...
Raquel S. PinderJul 7, 20208 minSEASON 1Even Good Guys, do Bad Things.DMX asked a very pertinent question in his song Good Girls, Bad Guys. "Why do (good girls) like bad guys, knowin' that bad guys tell mad...
Raquel S. PinderJun 30, 20207 minSEASON 1Life Can Be Merry, but It Shouldn't Keep Going 'Round!"Who me!? I'll never do that!" "1 Hour Later" (in my Spongebob voice) does the very thing that you said you'd never do. "Who, pie-like...
Raquel S. PinderJun 23, 20207 minSEASON 1To Ride or Die Is the New High! I was his valium, and he was my molly. I was ying, and he was yang. Sometimes I even felt he was the Joseph to my Mary. Okay, that's a...
Raquel S. PinderJun 16, 20208 minSEASON 1Waiting is NOT for Imposters!(clapping hands in rhythm-with head cocked to the side) "Where he at Lord, where my man at?" Pray, they say. Make your list, they say....
Raquel S. PinderJun 9, 20207 minSEASON 1If Broken Crayons Still Colour, How Come No One Picks 'Em?Recently, for some odd reason, I keep seeing the caption—"broken crayons still colour." I suddenly see this phrase in a whole new light,...
Raquel S. PinderJun 2, 20206 minSEASON 1Whoever Told You Life Is Not a Fairytale, Lied!Evil step-sisters, wicked queens, big-bad wolves, little boys who lie, a beast, 'thee' prince charming, talking animals, the trickster...