Amy Ruiz

Today, I'm thankful for all those random catalogs that arrive in the mail during the holiday season.  They started showing up last week and provide me hours of entertainment on a rainy day. The usual suspects came in the first wave, Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn, Land's End, and Williams Sonoma.  Good for dreaming about...

Thank goodness for online dating.  If there weren't such a thing, I have no idea how I would meet single men.  Seriously.  When I was away from it for years did I have a date?  Well, maybe one, but that's not really a good track record.  In fact, ...

Up until about 10 years ago or so, I knew my entire class schedule from 1st period in 7th grade to 6th period in my senior year.  Now, it's all fuzzy.  A few antics in college are probably the result of those lost brain cells, but hey, that's what co...

Thanksgiving, my second favorite holiday, is pretty much skipped over by most retailers except for a gracious nod from grocery stores and restaurants.  Maybe for the rest of the month, I'll write one thing each day for which I am thankful.  Cliche it...

Believe me, I know how difficult the first message to a potential date can be.  Fears can run rampant through your mind.  I've sent messages to more guys than I can remember, but I would hope that my efforts are a little more well received than the a...

Election Day is here again.  I know I should have researched this a month ago, but what happens if the majority of the people vote "No" for those running for California Supreme Court Justices?  My guess is whoever ends up being Governor appoints someone to fill the vacancy. I feel like the choices I...

Most people like the idea of dressing up in a costume.  They get to flex their creativity while bending the rules of good taste, gender, or sexuality. Sometimes it's just as a means to win a prize, but usually it's to entertain and get attention.  ...

On various media outlets, I keep hearing San Francisco Giants fans saying, "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity" when they are talking about the Giants being in the World Series.  I beg to differ.  In my lifetime alone, the Giants have been to the World Series three times.  If you want to...

Why in the hell did Fox start showing folks singing God Bless America during the 7th Inning Stretch?  It's a beautiful song, but BORING and kind of a downer in the sense that it changes the energy of the game.  Then I started thinking...what the he...

I saw this sexy Big Bird costume at Target a couple of weeks ago and am traumatized by it.  What the hell? Wasn't Big Bird a boy? Those vacant googly eyes in her headdress are making me sad. Portion of my childhood has been bastardized.  And as muc...