21 Ways to Tell if You’re Becoming Your Mother

21 Ways to tell if you're becoming your mother - @toulousentonic

Some people can’t wait to become the woman that is their mother.  Other women have spent their young lives thinking, “I’ll never be like that.”  But guess what?  You will.  The minute you have a kid, it starts and before you know it – you’ve morphed into her.  Wonder if it’s happening to you?  Here are […]

Top 10 Habits of Highly Annoying Facebookers

The Top 10 Habits of Annoying Facebookers - What He Said, by Mike - Toulouse & Tonic

It’s time for another What He Said by Mike and this time he’s taking on Facebook. While Mike readily admits that he does most of these things too, he doesn’t think that makes any of them less annoying. Read on and let us how many annoying Facebook habits you’re guilty of. 1. Reply fishing – saying something […]

The Craft-haters Guide to Crafting

The Craft Haters Guide to Crafting by Toulouse & Tonic

It’s probably wrong of me to call myself a craft-hater. Although I don’t love it (and I’m clearly not good at it – see my #CraftFails) – every now and then, if something seems easy enough I’ll give it a try. Because even I will admit that it feels good to have someone say, “You […]

Celebrity Encounter: Vince Neil

Celebrity Encounter: Vince Neil of Motley Crue

I used to work in music and I’ve also always been a huge live music fan so I have a few celebrity encounters in my memory bank.  Today, I share with you what it’s like to dance on stage with Vince Neil while he sings “Girls! Girls! Girls!” The first thing you should do is […]

The Worst Pickup Lines Ever Heard

The Most Heinous & Hilarious Pickup Lines

A good friend and I were recently reminiscing about our single days and she reminded me of this little gem of a pickup line a guy once used on me. As I was leaving the dance floor in a noisy club, he grabbed my arm, leaned into my ear and shouted, “You dance sexy — […]

Eerbody Seen the Leprechaun, Say Yeah!

An "amateur" sketch of the Crichton Leprechaun

I’ve lived almost my entire life in the beautiful city of Mobile, Alabama.  This historic port city has strong French, English and Spanish influences dating back to 1702.  Everyone who knows much about Mobile knows that.  What many people don’t know is that modern Mobile has been strongly influenced by the Irish. And since St. Patrick’s […]

An Open Letter to Justin Bieber’s Mom

Justin Bieber arrested in Miami, TMZ reports mom gave him drugs

Unless this is your first time here, you know that Justin Bieber’s mom, Pattie Mallette and I have a close personal friendship. And that is why I was shocked — SHOCKED, I tell you — to discover today VIA THE NEWS MEDIA OF ALL THINGS, that she’s been supplying her son with drugs. I’ve dialed […]

Worst Date in the History of Time. And My New Book.

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I’ve waited a long time to tell this story.  Nope, that’s not true.  I’ve told this story in more bars, hair studios, restaurants, houses and parking lots than you can shake a stick at.  But I’ve waited a long time to tell it to YOU. My friends, the wait is over. Here for your belly-laughing […]

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