There's an old man who spends a lot of time on our street. Across the street, actually, at house in which he does not live. He has a friend there, another elderly gentleman, the...
... Fifteen centimeters? Ten? When was the last time that you checked?I'm standing, clutching my club soda and lime, facing down a total stranger who has just asked me when it was that I...
Overheard, Her Bad Father to Her Bad Mother:"Do you ever get the feeling that we're just rodeo clowns in one long WonderBaby Stampede?"She's a cowboy, baby....
I love my husband for many reasons, but chief among those reasons is this: he's a manly man.He's the kind of guy who you know could totally protect you in the wilderness, or in...
WonderBaby sez, love your dominion.* On the menu for this weekend: fireworks and ice cream and bathroom renovations and picnics at the park and ice cream and - oh yeah - did I mention...
Sometime, over the past few days, over the past few weeks, over some period of time that I have lost track of, WonderBaby became a little girl.I don't know when or how it happened....
(Edited below - more news on how to be a better human being. Check it.)So I was idly flipping through the newspaper the other day, when this caught my eye:"Anyone who decries environmental degradation,...
I would have posted this weekend, but I was too busy quashing revolutionary activity - cat-jumping and ice-cream poaching and sleep-deprivation tactics and general sedition - in the toddler quadrant.If all revolutionaries loved ice...
Dear Tardy McAsshole Von F***tard,You looked so slick in your bespoke suit, your polished wingtips, your neatly trimmed hair. You strode purposefully, manfully, through the crowd, Wall Street Journal tucked under your arm, eyes...