by Mir | Jan 21, 2007 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
You already know that when my folks are here, we do exciting things like watch endless hours of CSI: Miami. But obviously we cannot do that while the children are awake, because David Caruso is inappropriate viewing material for impressionable young minds. They would...
by Mir | Jan 20, 2007 | I'm dating the television
So, my parents are here for the weekend, and I am overjoyed. I never really realize how nice it is not to be the only person in the house who doesn’t think “I know you are, but what am I?” is astute rhetoric until others are here. Then, instead of...
by Mir | Jan 18, 2007 | Books
… Reading books is very nice. (You’re welcome for sticking this in your head. No need to thank me.) I would love to tell you something really meaningful and life-changing, tonight, but I’ve got nothing. Well, I have a bunch of laundry that needs to...
by Mir | Jan 17, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People
Otto and I talk on the phone every night. Occasionally we only talk for twenty minutes or so—if it’s very late, or one of us has to go somewhere, or if I’m sick and cranky and need to sleep—and even more rarely we talk for closer to three...
by Mir | Jan 16, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today the children and I stayed in the house and watched a lot of television. Eventually we took a break to drive very slowly around all of the trees which had grown weary of the ice and sagged downward, laying across the road. We’re so sorry, the trees seemed...
