by Mir | Nov 28, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
All (long) weekend long, I listened to folks on Twitter and Facebook bemoaning the school vacation and lack of structure and general driving-batshit-ness of having the kids home for this break. And lo, I creased my brow with wonder and consternation, because I was...
by Mir | Nov 25, 2011 | Job? Huh?, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today’s the day that I get up early and spend my entire day as a slave to Want Not, and the children are informed ahead of time that I will be essentially unavailable for the day and they should fend for themselves. So I’ve been working for the last, oh,...
by Mir | Nov 24, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I just told Otto I feel like I landed in the middle of some sort of bizarro WWF match for Thanksgiving, today. I woke up with one—just one!—swollen knuckle on my right hand, like maybe I’d smashed someone with a right hook in my sleep and landed it...
by Mir | Nov 22, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
… the never-stops-being-funny routine of us asking the turkey in the fridge if he enjoyed a nice, pampered, fulfilling organic life before his head was chopped off. … gluten-free cookies which can be turned into gluten-free pie crust, and the way...
by Mir | Nov 21, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It’s true that there’s a fine tradition of endless taunting that happens in our family, and I consider it something of a character-building exercise, sure, and my children endure it with a mixture of rolled eyes and exasperation, yes, but the truth is that...
