by Mir | Apr 9, 2014 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I commented to someone the other day that I really never know how to react to the (often placating) usage of the phrase “All teens do that, it’s totally normal.” Do they/is it really? On the one hand, I don’t appreciate challenges we face due...
by Mir | Apr 7, 2014 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Job? Huh?, Retail Therapy
Or, Things I did wrong recently. Or, Life is hard because I am dumb. Or, Allow me to make you feel better about your life choices. I keep telling myself that I should just come over here and post some dog pictures and call it a day—after all, who needs content...
by Mir | Apr 2, 2014 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Come closer, so that I can share a great secret of the universe. I just figured it out, because I’m brilliant, and so naturally the next logical step is to share it with all of my closest friends on the Internet. Here it is: Teenagers are a lot easier to deal...
by Mir | Mar 28, 2014 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I think I have discussed here before a certain… shall we say… philosophy difference in parenting between myself and my children’s father. Said difference manifests in a hundred different ways, but one of the most frustrating for me has been—and...
by Mir | Mar 25, 2014 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Being an adult is complicated, man. While I appreciate that I don’t have to ask anyone if I feel like having ice cream for dinner (this IS the marvelous future I imagined!), there are other aspects of adulthood I don’t relish quite so much. Like, the older...
