September 27, 2010

Monsters, Homework and Steam Locomotives

I never liked homework much. In sixth grade, when homework really ramped up, I used to work at my little bookshelf-desk while listening to the Top 20 on the radio. I chewed gum and melted the tips of crayons against the hot bulb of my desk lamp.

Under the Bridge and Smells Like Teen [...]

September 24, 2010

Eureka

They’re starting to play together!  Not just near each other.  And not just fighting like rabid squirrels.

Moose barrels across the house yelling, “I’MMA ‘ET JOOO!”  (I’m gonna get you.)

They run and giggle and climb onto the couch and I spend every afternoon yelling saying, “Get down from there!  Not there!  No yelling!  [...]

September 23, 2010

The Similac Formula Recall is Not a Punchline

A few months ago when Children’s Tylenol, Motrin and Claritin were recalled, I ended up tossing almost everything in my medicine cabinet. It pissed me off to throw money away like that, but what bothered me more was knowing that I’d just finished up an entire bottle of Motrin and an entire bottle of [...]