Obviously I Need to Cook More or Something
At Denny's last night:Kira: I'm really bummed, they forgot my hashbrowns. All they gave me was coconut.And then when we told her those were the hashbrowns, she couldn't make herself eat them. Not even...
View ArticleThe Irony Does Not Escape Me
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. When I went to the International Association for Suicide Prevention web site (they're the sponsoring organization) to look it up and maybe get some help with...
View ArticleNot Just Double-Checking Anymore
I am very often frustrated by the number of times and places that the majority of us have to put up with additional bullshit because of the (hopefully) minority of idiots who have fucked things up.Two...
View ArticleMessages from the Universe
I believe that the Universe, in whichever form you choose to see it (God, Karma, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whatever does it for you), sends me messages.I believe that when I drop the chocolate chip...
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Last Hurrah for Halloween
This year, Kira designed her own Halloween costume. My only job was to take her vision and convert it into some kind of reality.Kira decided she wanted to be a peacock. But not EXACTLY a peacock. More...
View ArticleGah, Politics
I will be so happy when tomorrow is over and life can stop revolving around political signs, political posts, incredibly annoying and invasive political phone calls, the even more irritating political...
View Article101 List: 2013 version
OK, so I enjoyed the last 101 List in 1001 Days so much that I've decided to do it again. Here's my new, 2013 version. I'll be updating the list as I go along, with a link in the sidebar that tells the...
View ArticleAll I Want For Christmas is Major Abdominal Surgery
Warning: Very. Lengthy. Post.Quite awhile ago (oh, probably a year...and shush, I know) I noticed this feeling like I had a tennis ball stuck under my lower right rib cage. I only felt this while I was...
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Moving and Shaking
LOTS of positive things going on right now in my life (karma, this is NOT a challenge!). This week has been so busy!* In process of having a TON of home repairs done as part of weatherization and home...
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NEMO
They named the blizzard Nemo. Really? NEMO? (The online jokes: "Just keep snowing, just keep snowing...")Over the course of just over a day, the blizzard dumped a LOT of snow on New England. It's hard...
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A Slight Bit of Disarray
I have some work being done on my house. Two different crews are going to be doing a serious ton of work, lots of improvements. I'm tickled to death for the end result (one major project is fixing the...
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BONK
In the process of working on the renovations, Max & I had to take down the ceiling in the playroom. Total helljob, btw. Anyway, at one point we were taking contractor bags full of stuff through the...
View ArticleHarbor House
It's the biggest post-season basketball tournaments in the state. This year 82 middle school and high school teams (no seniors are allowed to play) from all over the state will compete at six different...
View ArticleThere's one every. damn. year.
Hi! Wow, it's been a WHILE! Not gonna try to get you caught up today, because I'm already in enough of a funk and it would take entirely too long.Well, once again it is my absolutely...
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Blinded by the Bright
Sometimes I think that Kira chooses her clothing just to see if she can blind me while I'm doing laundry.Tossed in a load of white-and-lights yesterday. Naturally forgot what was in there, because my...
View ArticleExplaining Bisexuality
I was talking with my parents the other day, and my mom asked me about someone I know who is bisexual.Mom: But she just got married?mk: YepMom: To a man?mk: YesMom: But I thought she was bisexual?mk:...
View ArticleSpoon Theory
Jenny (The Bloggess) put something in her most recent book, "Furiously Happy." It was a piece written by Christine Miserandino on her blog. The piece was called "The Spoon Theory."Go read it. I'll...
View ArticleHey, Wow, I Still Have a Blog!
Every once in awhile, I think to myself that I should get back to blogging. So, here I be. Who knows if I'll keep this up, but we'll give it a go.A quick snapshot of my current life: Mark's got his own...
View ArticleMore Than One Way To Skin a Cat
Since I was a kid, I've been using the phrase: "There are multiple methods to de-fur a feline."Interestingly, most people just stare blankly at me when I say this.Yet, "there's more than one way to...
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No, It's Not Deja-Vu, It's Plagiarism
Trump and his team are...well, fucked up. One of the more fucked-up things they keep doing is copying Obama. For someone who spent so many YEARS bitching that Obama wasn't a real citizen and therefore...
View ArticleWhat To Do, What To Do...
In the time it's been since I was blogging regularly, so much of my life has changed. Mark's out on his own, Kira's a high school junior, I have a cat, I'm back to my first, best therapist (twice a...
View Article*45 Wants Stories About How "Obamacare" Has Affected American's Lives...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/obamacare-share-your-storyHere's my response:I am so glad that you are opening this for people to share stories about how Obamacare has affected Americans!!I have been...
View ArticleComments to a Libertarian
I'm Facebook friends with someone I went to college with. I was oblivious to politics then (oh, the good old days!), otherwise we would likely not have been friends then. Still, he was and is a good...
View Article23
Today would have been my 23rd wedding anniversary.On our 8th anniversary, we were in the middle of getting divorced. He had been seeing D for months. He still thought I would be interested in fucking...
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