by Mir | Sep 5, 2004 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
One of the things I like about being a Methodist is that our services tend to be right about an hour long. And unlike some other religions, we have them on Sunday mornings. Not Saturday nights, not in the middle of the week; there is not an expectation that one must...
by Mir | Sep 4, 2004 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Tonight at bedtime we commenced an all-too-common search for Monkey’s beloved “teetee.” Teetee is a most ratty and disgusting security blanket. Monkey does not sleep without teetee. And in our family it is understood that you may joke about almost...
by Mir | Sep 4, 2004 | Detritus
I have recently discovered–through my stepmom–the miracle that is Infusium. Chickadee has been swimming all summer long and her hair has all but turned to straw. I’d switched to a sun-n-swim type shampoo, and that was helping, but her hair was still...
by Mir | Sep 3, 2004 | Job? Huh?
I have been kind of marking time until Big Company calls me to schedule my second interview. I’ve also been becoming convinced, with each passing hour, that I will never hear from them again and this isn’t so much a job possibility as another exercise in...
by Mir | Sep 3, 2004 | Detritus
You are so green, you are so buggy. We caught you yesterday (it was muggy). And now today to school you’ll go for everyone in class to show. This unit on insects, it came with bug buckets! Someone brought a frog (it caused a big ruckus). Please don’t die...
