by Mir | Feb 4, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I refuse to believe that my days of trash-talking the Giants and making fun of my father for being a Giants fan are to blame for the Patriots having screwed up royally last night. Hey, I’m not the one who let all those guys hit Tom Brady. Though I’d sort...
by Mir | Feb 2, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today we went on a wild, day-long adventure, which included going panning for gold. As we stood clustered around a trough, each swishing around our pans, Monkey jabbered a mile a minute and Chickadee complained a couple of times that the water was too cold, but in the...
by Mir | Feb 1, 2008 | What do I do all day?
My father and stepmom go on a lot of really exciting vacations, you know. They’ve been to Africa on safari. Alaska. The Great Wall of China. The Mayan ruins. All sorts of places I may never get to go, but always each trip more exotic than the last. (They tell me...
by Mir | Jan 31, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Over the Christmas break we had planned for our little family to spend a few days with my parents before heading home again. As it turned out, Otto and I ended up going to see my folks without the kids, which was sorely disappointing all around. (It turns out that I...
by Mir | Jan 30, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, What do I do all day?
I have just a few things I need to take care of today. I have work, cleaning, work, an interview, work, laundry, work, errands, and, OH YEAH, work. So I decided to make soup. You know, because I wasn’t busy. There is something primal, to me, about throwing...
