My friend Allie's cat, Ella, loves Oreos. Original, Double Stuff, whatever the variety of cookie, this cat is into Oreos. It's her thing, okay? Don't judge her. We all have a favorite pastry. Wait, I'm not even sure Oreos are considered a pastry. But I digress. I came up with a brilliant idea today. I [...]
Many of you know that I experienced an Internet debacle involving my name on Facebook. As a joke, I changed my name from Sarah Fader to Phayder Fader on Facebook, not knowing that I wouldn't be allowed to change it back for 60 days. You can read the entire story here. I don't want you [...]
I was on Facebook on day perusing the names of my blogging friends. It occurred to me that many of them use aliases online. I am not one to use a pen name. My name is Sarah Fader and that's that...until it wasn't. One day, I thought, it would be amusing to change my name [...]
I got on the train this morning ready to go to work. As soon as I stepped onto the subway car, a little girl looked at me straight in the eyes. She was wearing pink flower earrings. "Your earrings are really pretty!" I said "Where did you get them?" "They're stick ons, " said her [...]
I was cringing to myself just now as I wrote the title to this blog post. I have been a writer since I was six years old and I admit openly that my grammar is atrocious. I am a 35 year old graduate of New York University. I have completed half of my masters degree [...]
Every single time I enter the Target at Barclay's Center, I have to brace myself. There might be an item I can't find. If this should occur, I won't have anyone to help me. You see, each and every time I've tried to find someone who actually works at this Target location to help me...there [...]
I am the mother of a six year-old child whose favorite foods I can count on one hand. He will not touch oatmeal, he is not interested in steak, he doesn't like mustard, and he cannot be bothered to eat a pea. This is my life, people! I live with a picky eater. When the [...]
My children don't know what Facebook is; they have no idea. They are currently ages three and six. I'm elated that this is the case. They have no reason to know about Facebook. They are children. I want them to do the things that children do, like draw pictures with crayons, go to the playground, [...]