Road trip brain drain
It’s Day Two of National Parenting Gifted Children week, so don’t forget to go around and check out some of the other writers participating in the blog tour. I’d link ’em up for you, but I’m somewhere on Interstate 80 …
Humor
When the zombies come, we’ll all be supper
So are you ready for the zombie apocalypse? The Center for Disease Control wants us to be prepared. This week they released, and I kid you not, a list of preparations for a possible zombie attack. Now, they claim this …
The Perfect Storm
This where I tell my three male readers that now would be a great time to check out the NFL lockout situation, review your stock portfolio, or call your mother. Because you ain’t gonna be a fan of this post. …
Memo from The Office of All Things Obvious and Redundant Department
It has come to our attention that some of you have forgotten the principals by which this Department runs. So, on this Tuesday that feels like a Monday, some reminders. We suggest you post these in a few prominent places, …
Deferred maintenance
Ok, quiz time for those of you who own your house. Sorry…rather, you are in the process of sending large sums of money to a financial institution for the privilege of eventually owning the location at which you currently reside. This is …
The conversations we have here
Seriously, I can’t make this stuff up. No one would believe me. This is an actual conversation A and I had this morning as I was trying to make breakfast. I had overslept and was only 2.137 sips of coffee …
I have just finished a marathon laundry folding session and I’ve come to a few conclusions. We are going to move to Tahiti and wear only sarongs. No shoes, no supportive undergarments, just sarongs. One per person and wash it …
A heady relationship
Things were wonderful in the beginning. I felt supported, like someone “had my back.” I slept like a baby, and woke without a care in the world. And then things gradually deflated. No more sleeping like a baby. I would …
Living in the moment while on a car trip…now with haiku!
I can think of exactly two things that force me to live in the moment or lose my everlovin’ mind. One is painting. If I think about how much work is involved and how much trim there is and how …
Which is more painful: childbirth or a job search? Discuss.
Having suffered through both childbirth and job searches in the past, you’d think one would be far more painful. And you’d be correct. Giving birth without drugs is far less painful than a job search. At the tail end of …