by Mir | May 5, 2009 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin
I am too grumpy to live. Oh, wait. Still alive. God, that makes me grumpy. I can’t even DIE properly. Yeah. It’s that sort of a day. I used to be able to blame such things on my dear friend “Aunt Flo,” you know, but once you hit menopause...
by Mir | May 4, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
There are many ways in which Otto and I are similar, and other ways in which we are completely different. And then some ways in which we are each changing, due to the influence of the other. Example the first: Otto used to believe a meal is not a meal unless it...
by Mir | May 2, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People
We’re in the car taking a brief trip (right now! I love my iPhone!) and there is a tremendous WHOMP as Chickadee whacks my seat from behind. Me: Stop kicking my seat! Her: I’m not kicking, that was my HEAD! Me: Stop headbutting my seat! Her: That hurt my...
by Mir | Apr 30, 2009 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
All day—as I worked, ran around doing various delightful things like taking my son to the orthodontist to have part of his gums lasered off (note to self: BUY MEDAL AND ICE CREAM)—I kept thinking I would find my happy place and return to my computer ready...
by Mir | Apr 29, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It feels like we’ve been laying low, the last few days. Sure, we’re doing our regular things—school, work, shuffling the kids to and fro—but it all feels kind of… muted. Every morning I check the news; the perpetrator of last...
