by Mir | Jul 25, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
My dad and stepmom are in town for a brief visit. I know they’re thrilled to be here, because I am a complete pleasure to be around these days. Fortunately, my children are pretty cute… and as any parent knows, once you have spawned, you pretty much cease...
by Mir | Jul 25, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Have you ever had a fight with someone, and you’re REALLY REALLY mad at them, but you also miss them, a little, maybe, but it’s UP TO THEM to make the first conciliatory move because dammit they were WRONG and no matter how many years or how much chocolate...
by Mir | Jul 22, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The cupboard was bare. Somehow, we ran out of food… um… a while ago. Not completely, of course. But my usually well-stocked kitchen was down to the bare bones and I just hadn’t gotten it together to get to the store. One by one, we ran out of...
by Mir | Jul 21, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
“Being run over by a truck doesn’t make you not a good person. It just makes you a flatter person.”
by Mir | Jul 20, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
The thing about some of your more nerdy areas of study is that SOMEONE realized, somewhere along the way, that there would perhaps have to be a greater draw for folks than, say, the joys of higher-order calculus or what have you. Sure, some folks would be drawn to...
