by Mir | Sep 27, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It’s Tuesday, so that means I’m over at Off Our Chests, and today I’m thinking about the legacy of my childhood asthma, even though it turns out that—from a medical standpoint, anyway—I’m barely affected by it anymore. I’m not...
by Mir | Sep 26, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Ottomatic For the People
So far as Monkey is concerned, there are exactly two good reasons to go camping: 1) getting to play his Nintendo DS (which his mean, mean mother only lets him use on trips, lest his eyes glaze over and he and his console become one melded hybrid beeping creature), and...
by Mir | Sep 24, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Fall has arrived, and with it the dulcet tones of me suggesting to Otto that “it’s time to get that damn thing off the driveway.” See, during camping season, we keep the trailer in the driveway for maximum access and annoyance. But once it’s...
by Mir | Sep 22, 2011 | Ottomatic For the People
Every now and then, Otto does a Big Thing designed to make me feel warm and fuzzy—my birthday surprise and the festivities that followed come to mind—and it’s very sweet and wonderful and everything, of course. But the truth is that I may even love...
by Mir | Sep 21, 2011 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
(The title of this post is a complete lie. There is no profit in poisoning your child which I can figure out, though if there were, I would be ALL OVER THAT, pronto.) I’ve been thinking I may need a completely separate space to discuss Chickadee’s mystery...
