by Mir | Sep 30, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
When I was younger I kept a journal for years and years, and about 80% of it was grumbling and angst and violent fantasies about things I would do and say if the world was a different kind of place. (Why waste energy dreaming of a world where my angst didn’t...
by Mir | Sep 29, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Ottomatic For the People
A fairly standard thing for Otto and me to say to one another is: “You love me. But you have no idea why.” He says it to me when he’s just come up with a scheme for another clunker of a car he simply must have, or I say it to him when I’ve just...
by Mir | Sep 28, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
One of the (few) things I miss about the winter weather in New England is the handy excuse to stay in and do nothing for an entire day. The kids and I used to do “blizzard days” where everyone was allowed to stay in their jammies, watch as much television...
by Mir | Sep 25, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I’m trying really hard not to turn this into a place where all I ever do is talk about how smitten I am with my dog. I mean, I know she’s the cutest animal ever to grace the planet and everything, but there comes a point where even fellow animal lovers...
by Mir | Sep 23, 2009 | Detritus
I used to regularly post about the search terms that brought people to the site, and somewhere along the way I stopped doing it. Probably because 1) I stopped actually checking my stats all that often, because once you’ve passed the “Hey, I think people...
