My mother came down to California for the Christmas holiday, on a short, 4 day stay that was probably less restful for her than she deserved. I admit to being astonished that we were able to convince her to take that much time off from her various activities: between cults of personality and cults of [...]

About four days ago, right around the time that the long holiday started, the Guy started to complain that his mouth hurt.

“This tooth,” he said. “This tooth,” as though I should have known exactly what he was talking about. Of course I did, being both an attentive wife and a concerned one.

“Refresh my [...]

Look, Mr. Carpet Cleaner guy. I know it’s a craptastic carpet. I know it really needs to be burned or sent off to be recycled into something more pleasing to the eye, say, as compost or something. But this is what we’re going to be stuck with for a while because we’ve decided that the [...]

It’s no use pointing out that I haven’t updated my blog in almost a week. I’ve gone for years without posting. Years. I scoff at your arbitrary 7-day segmentation. Pfft.

Anyway, I’ve been sick.

With the croup.

So there.

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So a few days ago, my sister, who has the bedside manner of your typical [...]

In other news, the camera on the Droid is actually a lot better than I really expected. It is still not the best I’ve ever seen, but it’s pretty decent, all things considered. The Guy is infatuated with his, and uses it obsessively.

Well, maybe not obsessively. He has a ‘shoot everything you can [...]

For over a year now, we’ve tried to interest our son in toys and pacifiers, under the (apparently misguided) assumption that if he bonds to some object, it will make him easier to deal with during times of trouble. As it turns out, the only way my son could be more mellow in times of [...]

It turns out (according to the nurse on the phone) that Hobbes has croup, which is somehow far less frightening than the flu. Not to say that people can’t and don’t die from the croup, but it certainly isn’t portrayed anywhere near as terrifying on the internet. The Internet is Truth, so that takes care [...]