Anne Niederkorn

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Growing Up Catholic: The Generation X Version

It’s that time again: Catholic Schools Week. Since everyone is used to hearing about the Catholic School of the 1950’s and 1960’s, I thought it might be fun to share memories of my own Catholic… Read more

January 31, 2012
Sh*t that Twelve-Year-Olds Say

My sister-in-law (a middle school teacher) once told me that middle school is such a “totally fun” age to teach. Ha, ha, I snorted… surely you can’t be serious. Yet she insisted. Not only are… Read more

January 30, 2012
How to be a Green Bay Packers Fan

Last month a poll from Public Policy Polling came out declaring that the Green Bay Packers were now “America’s Team”. My first reaction was, “THIS is news? Of course they’re America’s team; everyone knows that… Read more

January 2, 2012
Review: “The Muppets”

I think there are two types of people in this world: those that “get” The Muppets and those that do not. I am firmly in the former camp, as I grew up watching this beloved… Read more

December 1, 2011
I Was Dumped by an 80-Year-Old

The title of this post alone sounds like some messed-up episode of MTV’s True Life. Sigh. If only it were not true. I take you back to the summer of 1992. I was hanging out… Read more

November 22, 2011
20 Things I Don’t Wanna Do Before I Kick the Bucket

I owe the idea for this blog to comedy writer Barb Best, who first published “25 Things I Don’t Wanna Do Before I Croak.” Her hilarious list can be found here: http://barbsblast.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/25-things-i-don%e2%80%99t-wanna-do-before-i-croak/. So inspired was… Read more

November 14, 2011