by Mir | Jan 14, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
When the children were little, we had a set of alphabet fridge magnets, as is mandated by law for all middle-class suburbanites with children. I never got rid of those magnets—at least, the ones that were left, as several disappeared over the years—until...
by Mir | Jan 13, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Ottomatic For the People
retribution -noun 1. a justly deserved penalty 2. the act of taking revenge 3. sudden recurrence of somnambulance the night after your wife writes a somewhat cranky post about you true love -noun 1. a sweetheart; a truly loving or loved person 2. bond uniting soul...
by Mir | Jan 12, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
The fact that I am constantly hungry is my excuse du jour for why I am cranky. I have no OTHER reason to be cranky, really—the children are taking turns being rotten, as I’ve always taught them to do; work is somewhat under control; no one in the house is...
by Mir | Jan 11, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It’s a standard joke ’round here that the first thing out of the mouth of a child who just did something ill-advised is “But I just—” I’m never sure where they think that’s going to take them; somehow that phrase is meant to...
by Mir | Jan 8, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It’s Friday, which means you should check out my post at Five Full Plates for the week. (Spoiler: I’m down almost two pounds.) I thought I’d feel all fit and healthy and be dancing around pulling out the (massive, gaping) waistband of my pants and...
