2Feb

For Love of Lant

Tuesday | Filed in: The Cancer Cat Chronicles| felines

Bad news today. Feeling sort of horrible and exhausted and uncomprehending. The last being ridiculous because it’s not like we didn’t know this was coming. Especially after the recurrence of the cancer in January.

But, oh, that does not make it one bit easier. Not one bit.

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About The House of Mirth

Thanks for dropping by. I'm Meg, and I write offbeat stories about media and the culture that shapes us.

I've been writing on the web since 2001, in one form or another. I have one foot firmly planted in today and one in a pink kitchen in a suburb in 1957. It's not that I want to live in the past; I just love the aprons. I also have a thing for horror movies, and a cat who is fighting cancer.

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Recent Comments

  • Weegiewench - 2008-11-05 19:38:11

    Oh, Meg. I'm so sorry. I feel so bad for the three of you. P

  • James Marcus - 2008-11-05 19:38:11

    Very sorry to hear the news. My own cat Al died last year of

    19Jan

    Have a Cold?

    Tuesday | Filed in: popular culture

    I kind of want one if it would take me back to the time when these fabulous commercials would interrupt As The World Turns which I watched in a decongestant haze on the couch while my mom made me buttery alphabet noodles out in the kitchen.

    *Thanks to a touch of tuesday weld for the link. Laura, I love your stuff.

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    14Jan

    Another “R” Word

    Life is a merry-go-round.  Like the kind where you get on, chose the perfect horse, and start spinning, only to realize that you’ve had three sticks of cotton candy, ice cream, AND all those nachos, and while they were all delightful going down, they won’t be at all fun coming back up which is exactly what’s going to happen in a few moments.

    Life is sort of like that.

    Continue reading …

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    25Nov

    I, Pie.

    Wednesday | Filed in: food

    What are you doing for Thanksgiving?

    Thanksgiving Continue reading …

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    18Nov

    Uncomfortable Rapping

    Wednesday | Filed in: popular culture| uncomfortable rapping

    PRZ-007374There was a time in American history, a dark and unsettling time, when varied and inappropriate persons decided to join in the newest pop culture trend: in other words, white people tried to rap. And too often, they did it in order to sell stuff.

    Let’s explore this uncomfortable phenomenon.

    First, let’s take a moment to remember what the real rappers were doing in the late 80s.  Enjoy Eazy-E, and note that by no means is the song after the fold safe for work:

    Continue reading …

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