So Cynical Dad finally shared his famous (and scary!) death threat story after several of us pestered asked him about the details.  I, in turn, promised to share some stories [...]

Special Skills: Highly adept at wrestling others into submission (children… co-workers… what’s the difference, really?) Ability to sniff out poop at fifty paces (extra valuable against the office practical joker [...]

This is an example of the kind of dingy crap I’ve been doing lately.  Walk into the kitchen to get a fresh cup of tea.  Think about chocolate. Rinse out [...]

The end of another successful visit with the relatives. (Successful meaning I survived without getting really annoyed at anyone.)  I kid. (sorta)  It was nice.  But I know I’m tired [...]

I wanted to give a shout out this hump day to all the blogging Moms-to-be. There’s a lot of them right now (and more coming every day) and I’ve been [...]

Apparently a bunch of folks are going nutso because Sesame Street is now producing a line of videos targeted at kids 6 months to two years old.  Critics, including the [...]

Me and the kid are feeling a bit under the weather so I think it's going to be a slow day.  We've been getting a lot of rain lately.  But [...]

Queen, for those of you interested, was pretty good.  It wasn’t the best concert I’ve been too, and there were some specific things I didn’t care for, but it was [...]

…to QUEEN!!! (and Paul Rodgers)  WOO HOO!!  This is proof that the universe is cyclical because while I was pregnant with the kid me and Keen saw the Queen “We [...]

First of all, I would like to thank everyone who delurked or made a comment on my last post.  It was very cool of you all to share the love [...]