by Mir | Jan 14, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Apparently today is National Delurking Day, and I’m supposed to be encouraging folks who read but don’t comment to come out of hiding and say hello. I’m… actually not going to do that, though. Two things, instead: 1) Allow me to do my own bit...
by Mir | Jan 12, 2011 | I'm dating the television, Ottomatic For the People
We have reached the part of our program—school is closed for the third day in a row, and we are more or less housebound, and the children are crabby and everybody is sick of everybody else—where I am back to my standard coping mechanisms. This means that...
by Mir | Jan 11, 2011 | Oh look! Something furry!!
Everything is still at a complete standstill, as local authorities puzzle over that odd, frozen substance coating everything. Could it perhaps be resolved with a judicious application of… grits? Alas, it cannot. (The husband and I are enjoying endless jokes...
by Mir | Jan 10, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
One of the things I truly struggle with, when it comes to Monkey—still—is that he is pretty much a black belt master in rationalization. He has an answer, a justification, an explanation, for EVERYTHING. Most of the time his conclusions make no sense...
by Mir | Jan 8, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I meant to come back yesterday and talk a little bit about what the ENT told us; we are reaching the end of the “first line” treatment plan for Monkey’s infection, and while I adore the ENT, I think he was unprepared for Monkey’s reaction when...
