1) What is your favorite novel of all time? (fiction) 2) What is your favorite non-fiction book? 3) Name a book you just quit reading in the middle, something you just could not get through.* 4) Is there an author that you have read everything that he or she has written?** 5) What book made [...]
Can You Help Me Occupy My Brain?
August 28, 2009
Is it possible for a person to contract male pattern baldness from watching Sports Center and drinking beer? Because I seem to be shedding. A lot.
Screwing Up Parenting One E-Mail at a Time
August 27, 2009
As you probably know, I have twins going into Kindergarten in a few weeks. 12 days, but who is counting? I am new to the public school system. I’ve never had a child in Kindergarten before, so I’ve been trying to pay special attention to the rules. I’m not really a detail person, but I [...]
Karma is a Cruel Mistress
August 25, 2009
When I was in 10th grade a kid in my school came down with a case of German Measles. I don’t even remember who it was, but I clearly recall that the incident let to everyone in the school having to go get a vaccination in the library. I remember this because of my intense [...]
Brand New Greatest Fear
August 24, 2009
What if one of them gets sick on the first day of kindergarten?
Foreshadowing (The Redemption of the Tooth Fairy)
August 23, 2009
Last night we were at my in-laws house eating dinner and we were discussing Claudia’s impending visit from the tooth fairy. As you can see here Claudia’s tooth was very loose. It came up that recently Devra’s younger son lost a tooth and then he really lost it. He eventually found it so it was [...]
Questions For You: Quick! Before My Kids Learn How to Read
August 20, 2009
We haven’t done one of these in a while, but I have one very important question and some other questions of no importance whatsoever. 1. How much does your tooth fairy pay for a tooth?* 2. If I admit to my kids that there is no tooth fairy does that automatically give up Santa Claus [...]
I am the only one who gets to make my kids cry.
August 12, 2009
Dear Jackass in the McDonalds Drive-Thru, Don’t stand there and say that is the only toy you have. You just handed me two happy meals and one had a bear and one had a unicorn. How can you lie right to my face? All I asked is if you had something more masculine. It was [...]
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