by Mir | Jul 16, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Do I really have the right to say “take your finger out of your nose” to a child whom I’ve allowed to spend the entire morning watching cartoons in nothing but his underwear? Discuss.
by Mir | Jul 14, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Every now and then I get a message in a fortune cookie that I feel compelled to save. I’m not a superstitious person; the reasons that I hang on to those little white slips of paper vary. Prophetic is good, but ironic or funny is even better. While I was still...
by Mir | Jul 13, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I have spoken here, more than once, about how important I believe it is for kids to have structure and stability and routine. Particularly for my, uh, “challenging” child, who oftentimes acts out when her expectations are disrupted. So it made perfect...
by Mir | Jul 12, 2005 | Job? Huh?
One of the problems with, you know, having a job in a place where there are ultimately some sort of customers, is that–sooner or later–if you’re an intolerant snob (such as myself), you will eventually arrive at the inescapable conclusion that People...
by Mir | Jul 11, 2005 | Irreconcilable Differences
Loyal readers may have noticed I haven’t blogged about my ex in quite a while. Did you happen to wonder why that is? Maybe he’s been so horrible, it was too embarrassing to even consider writing about his antics. Maybe he’s just sort of faded back...
