Category Archives: Letters to My Younger Self

Was It Hell Was It Fun

Posted on August 9, 2015 by erineph

Now that I no longer live in St. Louis, I don’t write for KDHX very often. I expected this; actually, when I first told my editor that I was moving away, I expected that I’d no longer be allowed to … Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on April 21, 2013 by erineph

When I was younger, I never dreamed about hosting dinner parties. Keep in mind that this was in the time before the Food Network, before food and wine magazines were glossy jerk-off rags (and I mean that in the best … Continue reading →

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Changes

Posted on January 31, 2013 by erineph

You know how when you’re younger and everybody older than you tells you that you’ll be a whole different person when you grow up, and you scoff and secretly think they don’t know anything because of course you’ll be the … Continue reading →

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Before the Packing Comes the Existential Time Travel

Posted on September 17, 2012 by erineph

Sometimes (ahem usually when I’m flipping through the premium channels that Graham still hasn’t cancelled even though he’s been threatening to for like a year) I like to pause for a moment and imagine how awesome it would be if … Continue reading →

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Back For Good

Posted on August 26, 2012 by erineph

It’s a widely known fact that, given access to a time machine, everyone’s first responsibility is to go back in time and kill Hitler. Obviously it’s scary and yes it will change the course of history in ways we can’t … Continue reading →

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My Paranormal Life

Posted on July 13, 2012 by erineph

A coworker of mine just returned from a vacation in L.A., where she took a ghost hunting tour of the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary is this really cool historic ocean liner docked in Long Beach. It has restaurants, bars, … Continue reading →

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Look Robin Look

Posted on June 26, 2012 by erineph

When we first moved into this house, we signed up for a cable/Internet/home phone package that included premium channels because Charter is a maelstrom of bullshit that makes no fucking sense and only makes packages cheaper if they include HBO … Continue reading →

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The Liberty of Not Caring

Posted on June 18, 2012 by erineph

A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me the name of someone who doesn’t like me. My friend wasn’t trying to hurt me and it came up completely organically, and really, once the subject was mentioned, I’m the one … Continue reading →

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Office Stuff?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by erineph

Because I was born in post-feminist America,* I was never taught that girls were not allowed to have any careers other than the below: Teacher Nurse Stewardess Secretary Housewife Ha, I’m just kidding. Housewife isn’t a career. It’s work, but … Continue reading →

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Everything Is Bullshit! Nothing Is Real!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by erineph

Last month, a 14-year-old girl delivered a 7,000-signature strong petition asking Seventeen Magazine to publish one non-Photoshopped spread a month. If you were once 14 and have not yet completely destroyed your brain cells with alcohol and other substances, you … Continue reading →

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