Author: Annie

Yes. I am THAT She Devil. The original, shedevil at vix.com. You know: I am: mom, attorney, fathers' rights advocate Actually, I'm a lawyer -and- I play one on tv. Yep..that's me.

3 Things You Should Know

I am very pleased to announce my newest baby, the weekly podcast, “Three Things You Should Know”!

“Three Things You Should Know� is the weekly podcast conversation that will make you say “Hey, I didn’t know that!�
No topic is too big or small, too mundane or arcane, for these two to tackle. Learn about such diverse subjects as travel insurance, pumpkin cheesecake, worms that live inside the human body, and child support!

“Three Things You Should Know� is published weekly, and available through iTunes and this site. Produced by the award-winning Anne P. Mitchell, Esq, and Bryan McCullough of 617pg.com, tune in and listen to the 3 things you should know!

So please, check it out, and let me know what you think!

Three Things You Should Know

You Always Wanted to Use Your Penis as a Billiards Cue

This has got to take the prize for the most humourous spam subject line this week:

“You always wanted to use your penis as a billiards cue.”

I’d ask readers to submit cartoon drawings to go along with this, but this is a family-friendly blog.

Oh, wait, no it isn’t.

Submit away!

P.S. The text of the spam was pretty funny too: “For your wife’s last b-day you gave her a vibrator because of your hopeless Erectile Dysfunction.”

Not that there is anything funny about erectile dysfunction.

Oh, wait…

Britney Spears versus Susan Butcher

On election day, I got a CNN news flash email. With it being election day and all (and late afternoon) I figured that it was probably some early return election upset or something.. something really potentially important enough to warrant a news flash… So I opened the email and it was the news that Britney Spears had filed for divorce.

Fast forward to last Saturday, and I’m driving along on the highway, behind the wheel, and my husband casually mentions something about Susan Butcher having died a few months ago.

I literally felt the blood drain from my face and upper body, then I went cold all over. I seriously considered pulling over because I wasn’t sure I could drive.

I knew Susan Butcher. I went to school with Susan Butcher. I hadn’t heard, and I was stunned.

And then I was outraged. Because I hadn’t heard.

Because here an American woman who had won the Iditarod 4 times – truly an American Icon – got so little press when she passed that I hadn’t even heard about it, but Britney Spears’ filing for divorce deserves a CNN newsflash???

WTF is wrong with this country?

James Kim – Sad but WTF Was He Doing Leaving His Car?

Ok, it has to be said, and when something callous about the recently-departed has to be said, you can rely on me to be as tactfully tactless as I can.

This guy and his family get stranded in the snow, in the middle of NOWHERE between Grants Pass and Gold Beach, Oregon, and he leaves the car to go find help. In the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by snow.

Now, what’s the first rule of survival – of keeping safe – when stranded in the middle of nowhere?

STAY WITH THE CAR!

Now his wife and two children are safe, having been rescued from the car, and he’s dead.

Such a shame.

From our “No Sh*t” Department: Group Finds that President Bush’s policy in Iraq “is not working”

I just this moment got in this CNN breaking news story:

President Bush’s policy in Iraq “is not working,” the Iraq Study Group said in releasing its long-awaited report.

No sh*t?? Isn’t that why they convened the study group??

I mean, you don’t have to be anti-Bush, or a Democrat, or blue or pink or yellow or whatever the colour de jour is to realize that things are Not Working in Iraq!

I’m so glad that they convened the Iraq Study Group. I can sleep so much better at night now knowing that they have figured out what millions of people around the world have known for months.

Cats Apparently Don’t Appreciate Being Heimliched

This picture is from my son’s book, “The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Life”, which includes real instructions about how to perform the Heimlick maneuver on your cat.

Either the cat they used for the model just licked lemon juice off a thistle, or cats don’t appreciate being Heimliched:

Blogging from Marie Callendar’s

Yes, it’s true. I confess, we sometimes eat at Marie Callendar’s.

But I’m willing to admit this to you to share with you how cool it is to be able to get online with my laptop from where ever I am!

Because, yeah, as much as my Sidekick rocks, sometimes you really want a full-sized keyboard.

So for those of you who have not already hooked up your laptop to the Internet through your cellphone – bonus points if you are using Bluetooth – well, hey, drop a line here and I’ll tell you how to do it.