by Mir | Oct 31, 2012 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
We talked for close to an hour, last night, and then after we’d said our goodbyes and I had retired to the couch with Otto, my phone dinged. It was a picture of Chickadee in her Halloween getup, with the comment, “Looky mommy! I’m fantastical.”...
by Mir | Oct 30, 2012 | Detritus
It rhymes with Sandy, but it less depressing. See? Today I’m over at Feel More Better, pondering Halloween candy and the politics therein. Maybe you don’t view this as the most candyful time of the year, but I sure do. Come on over and check it out if...
by Mir | Oct 29, 2012 | Health is overrated, Ottomatic For the People, What do I do all day?
I feel slightly ridiculous, updating on random minutiae when so many people I know and love are battening down the hatches in preparation for Sandy, but here I am. Nothing I can do from here can stop a hurricane, which seems unfair, really. That’d be a good...
by Mir | Oct 26, 2012 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
There have been a few requests to see my actual zombie hand, though I realize this is a delicate matter for some. The day I got my new splint (which meant the bandages got cut off and I got to see it for the first time) I was super-jazzed to show it to Monkey and...
by Mir | Oct 25, 2012 | Health is overrated
In case I haven’t mentioned it 72,000 times already, my hand is broken. I know, you haven’t heard this before. It’s totally new news! And so, complaining that my hand really really really REALLY hurts is also news. (Feel free to punch me in the face,...
