So, remember how I got new glasses, and then freaked out a little bit, because, hell, they totally changed the look of my face? I'm over that now. I love my glasses. So much,...
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Or, How I Randomly Decided That I Should Orient My Look More Around The Theme Of Elvis Costello:
I just picked them up this morning, and ever since this morning I have been wandering back...
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Here’s a little public service announcement: if you are a mom with a new baby, and you see me in public, you should steer clear of me, because I will terrorize you.
Sometimes, you're just hanging out at a luau, trying to get your toddler to eat some pineapple, when all of a sudden some man in a loincloth grabs you by the arm and throws...
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Rule number one for the social media mother, unhealthy or any mother, order or anyone, who carries a lot of stuff: learn how to accessorize. No, not with purses and...
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I’m on my way to New Orleans today, to speak at the Mom 2.0 Summit. That’s awesome and all – I’ve never been to New Orleans, so that’s exciting, and Mom 2.0 is always fantastic – but honestly, I’m getting a little tired of airplanes.
Anyway. Random whatevers:
It is not known precisely where angels dwell - whether in the air, ambulance the void, unhealthy or the planets. -- Voltaire
Voltaire, obviously, never saw a small child alight upon a stair,...
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Theodore Dreiser, as interpreted by Gary Sweeney (at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Well, in the parking lot.)
This statement raises the question, of course: where does that leave peanut butter? It helps, though,...
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Or, The Adoration Of The Blessed Virgin By Charlie The Swordfish
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I've been reading Peggy Orenstein's book about the tyranny of princess culture among little girls - Cinderella Ate My Daughter, which could, I think, actually be the title of an early draft of the...
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