Exploiting My Baby : A Blog by Teresa Strasser » Regret

Sitting Stretch Mark Shiva

Teresa Strasser — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:53:39 +0000

I have a stretch mark. This is not a big deal. Or rather, I wish I were a person for whom this was not a big deal, but after spending two hours online last night in the wee hours looking at pictures of stretch marks and doing research, I realize I do not subscribe to [...]

Check Out a Jeweler Hacking Off My Wedding Ring

Teresa Strasser — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:26:25 +0000

The Mr. and I head down to the mall to get my ring removed after my hands swelled to corpse-like proportions. Perhaps my wussy attitude toward ring removal does not bode well for childbirth. I always thought I had a high pain tolerance, but this is not a rugged display. Preggisode Week 35: Lordy, These [...]

Babymoon in Vegas: Bet on a Crisis

Teresa Strasser — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:43:31 +0000

On the way to Vegas, things start to go wrong, as they so often do, at the Mad Greek. Within a couple of hours, I will be trying to locate the nearest hospital, but now I’m just waiting for the beefy, sunburned guy in front of me to stop yelling at the clerk about his [...]

Bad Move: Calling Nancy O’Dell a “C-Word”

Teresa Strasser — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:44:27 +0000

Almost every idiotic thing I do can be traced back to one basic flaw: trying too hard. This explains how I ended up calling Nancy O’Dell a “stupid c-word.”

That’s right. I called America’s sweetheart a “c-word” on the Adam Carolla Podcast and I may have done it more than once, although it’s all a bit of a blur now, except oniTunes, where it screeches out at you with perfect clarity.