by Mir | Nov 13, 2008 | Ottomatic For the People
Dear Otto, This week, you and I have been married for a year and a half. Eighteen months! We were eighteen years old when we met, so perhaps that’s why this feels like a momentous time. Next month, we’ll have been married for nineteen months, which is the...
by Mir | Nov 12, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Hey, does anyone remember the last time I got my hair cut and colored? Anyone? Let me refresh your memory! Also note that the date on that post was last MARCH. That was the last time I stepped foot in a salon. Because I was scarred, man. Scarred for life. Also, the...
by Mir | Nov 11, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
As a parent I spend a lot of time watching my kids do stuff. Stuff that I drove them to, mostly. Piano, soccer, Tae Kwon Do, swimming, chorus, WHATEVER; the point is that it’s a typical part of my day to 1) get in the car, 2) drive the children somewhere, 3) sit...
by Mir | Nov 10, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I have to say that I think I’ve empirically proven that misery does, indeed, love company—I found it immensely gratifying reassuring that many of YOU are in something of a funk recently, as well. It hadn’t even occurred to me before that the time...
by Mir | Nov 8, 2008 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I’m feeling funky. Not like, “Check me out, I’m fabulous!” funky, either. More like “GOD, STOP LOOKING AT ME!” kind of funky. And nothing’s wrong. There is no crisis. There’s only a small and insignificant string of...
