Its official, my “childhood home” (the home we lived in when I was in high school) hit the real estate market. I am not sentimental when it comes to my high school days, but I know how hard this must be on my mom. She lived there for 20 years and is now faced with downsizing her life as a result of her age and the MS she has been dealing with ...
By Laurie Sharp-Page Well 2017 has done what we have all been anxiously anticipating, it has finally shown up. I spent the majority of 2016 bitching about what a shit-tastic year it had been, challenges at work, home and with family. Deaths and births, parties and fights, it was a year alike so many others, but different in its complexity. I...
Why is it that when you meet someone you ask “what do you do for a living?” I never really thought about it until the question was raised in some philosophy class in college, but even then I blew it off. The question is a good ice breaker and helps drive conversation. However, lately the concept has resurfaced and it feels like a fucked up que...
On this day, 5 years ago, an acquaintance passed away. I wish I could say she was someone I was close to, but the reality is, we weren’t really good friends. Her boyfriend, and eventual husband, was childhood friends with my boyfriend, and eventual husband. We saw each other in passing and at social engagements on a fairly regular basis, but t...
This evening, after a great weekend of family camping, I decided to catch up on the news. I watched an innocent, non threatening, black man get executed by police officers. The first video was of his wife filming the encounter. Not only is it disturbing that this black woman felt she needed to film the police encounter as evidence, but that she ...
Laurie and Crimson have a conversation with Dr. Michael Fix, mostly to discuss the implications of an 8 person SCOTUS, but we end up discussing the value of social science research. Of course, we have to discuss the recent RBG controversy, and the realities of how ideology plays a role in the judicial system. Dr. Fix breaks down the difference...
Prior to my entry into parenthood, I had a lot of judgements about the right and wrong ways to raise a child. I especially judged parents who always complained about school being too hard and teachers giving too much homework. When I was young, I had a shitoad of homework consistantly from kindergarden through high school. If I had to guess, I...
We break out of our normal happy hour routine and have a conversation with a friend and hear about his journey transitioning from a woman to man. Laurie first breaks down the clinical definitions of gender and sexuality, but then we move on to hear about Sam and his journey, both physically and emotionally. We discuss the heart wrenching reali...
We told you that we would be taking a week off, but one week became two. Not because we enjoyed having some time off, but because Laurie lost a loved one and is spending time with her family, while juggling all of her other #adulting realities. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts. So we will be back very soon for our weekly glasses ...
I finally sat down and watched Straight outta Compton, a biographical drama about the formation of NWA in the late 1980’s, early 1990’s. I thought it was a great movie; the acting, directing, storytelling and music was fantastic. I was super-impressed with the film in its entirety and would definitely recommend anyone watch it regardless of th...
Fourth of July has always been a big deal in my family, as it should be. It marks the most important birthday of all, that of ‘murica! This particular fourth was exceptionally awesome. The weekend started off great. We had some family time that was extra special. I am not sure if Atticus was just in moddler mode (defined as “a model toddler”) ...
For those of you who have listened to the crimsonian podcast since episode one, thank you. And not just thank you for taking time out of your day to listen, but for tolerating the lack of professional sound quality. When we started this endevor, it was just to have a creative outlet and to partake in the awesome world of podcasting. We really di...
I have to hand it to Cincinnati, Bunbury was a well executed and entertaining festival. The band line up was great, while not overwhleming. Everything ran almost flawlessly, even after some weather complications. We had a super fun time and while Laurie and Jason suffered through the weather, I only attended Sunday, which was an exceptionally b...
A former and fellow University of Kentucky alum recently posted an article on Fortune.com about why he cannot buy into the Bernie Sanders “revolution,” and it quickly went viral. It was all over my Facebook feed and after reading it, I was kind of irate. Not because I am a hardcore Bernie Sanders supporter (I love the guy but I am #teamhillary...