January 2012
13 posts
2 tags
Hmm....
What do you think? I think I could give my daughter unlimited video game time, in the same way I could tell her she could have as many cookies as she wants. She has excellent self-control. But Liam’s brain doesn’t work that way. He will eat until he’s sick and play video games until his eyes are red and he hasn’t moved from the couch all day.
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decanters →
NICE.
Middle Aged Women, 1960s →
I love the fashion, the hot pink chair, the crocheted blanket on the back of the couch, the stockings, the cocktails!
Cat and Girl
7 Foods You Should Never Eat (EEK!!) →
hajensen:
7 Foods You Should Never Eat
Submitted by Drew Kaplan on December 6, 2011 – 10:01 am11 Comments
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Here is article which shows why a toxicologist won’t eat microwavable popcorn or why a farmer will not eat non organic potatoes or why a…
A Softer World: 759 →
Truly Terrible Twos →
Truly Terrible Twos
by Jane Marie
“What’s the difference between a toddler and a psychopath? Apparently, not too much. In 1980 Robert Hare, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, developed a 16-point checklist for determining whether a person was technically a psychopath. After taking a look at this list, and taking a look at the daily behavior of...
Mohandas Gandhi: Dear Customer who stuck up for... →
Aw man, now I’m crying in front of all 5 kids….
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.
Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about…
This is how it looks when I copy and paste
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #93: How The Real Work Is Done
from The Rumpus.net » Dear Sugar by Sugar
I’m answering two letters at once this week, sweet peas.
Dear Sugar,
I am newly civilly unioned. I love my spouse (wife?) dearly, though we have our issues. What appears to me to be our biggest problem—the one that keeps me up some nights—is that she won’t get a job.
We’re a...
DIY vs. Buy: Should I Make My Own Coffee Liqueur? →
Hmm, doesn’t add whole text, though….
Now that the party’s over & it’s just us, we can be honest, right? On the whole, 2011 didn’t know how to treat a lady & I’m glad it’s gone.
December 2011
1 post
The girls gleefully clean my baseboards with q-tips. They offer to let the boys help, who cautiously say no as if it were a trick question.
Another tooth lost →
Last night, as with most nights, I heard a loud ruckus upstairs after the kids went to bed. Unlike most nights, the cacophony was followed by much wailing. Liam had accidentally bumped Thea’s mouth…
November 2011
16 posts
Weirdest holiday mall decoration ever →
WTF is that thing supposed to be?
Liam's progress in kindergarten →
I had a parent-teacher conference today for both the kids. Liam’s progress is going along very well. His teacher said he’s already where he should be at the end of the year in reading, writing, and…
These shoes could be a weapon →
When I have a difficult meeting at work, I like to wear these shoes. They make me over six feet tall and feel like a superhero.
Liam says "Wow" →
He also said, last night, that he wanted a mohawk. I immediately tweeted this:
My not-quite-six-year-old son just said he wanted a mohawk!! As a former punk rock girl turned…
Thea lost another tooth →
My not-quite-six-year-old son just said he wanted a mohawk!! As a former punk rock girl turned suburban mom, I have no idea how to respond.
I got nothing →
When I was a teenager, I went through an existentialist phase. I read everything I could by Albert Camus; his writing gave words to what I was feeling inside as a messed-up almost-adult who…
RT @nylonthread: @kellygo spritzer. Bubbles distract and add *sparkle!*
Fall by the lake →
I had to drag Liam away from the Wii this afternoon, but the kids had a lovely time playing by the lake once we got there.
Happy birthday, @monkeyrotica! Hope you and @nylonthread have a fantastic time tonight. xoxo
Did I tell you Thea was in a school play? →
I may have neglected to tell you this, but Thea was in a school play at the end of first grade. She played a scientist who helped a crane family. She had more lines than any other kid but still…
Shooting at the walls of heartache →
Mike and I went to a shooting range a couple weekends ago. I did pretty well!
Halloween pumpkins →
I put them out right before the kids went trick-or-treating, so they weren’t eaten by squirrels. It was a little hard to find pumpkins this year. Apparently the east coast hurricane a few months back…
RT @postsecret: The Last Words Of 25 Geniuses, Including Steve Jobs. http://t.co/6TxNanN6
“Moral relativists are so unpredictable.”
– November 01, 2011
October 2011
33 posts
I ruined last night’s gnocchi by making it too far ahead then accidentally seasoned it with broken glass, but @brentgarland saved it anyway.
Adventures in Depression →
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Where are you trying to go, sad legs?
Some people have a legitimate reason to feel depressed, but not me. I just woke up one day feeling sad and helpless for absolutely no reason.
Autocowrecks: Don’t Struggle, Just Let It Happen →
Love mobile culture LOLs & FAILs? Dial into Autocowrecks!
We Sorry, You Are Living →
And because we’ve seen your haircut, you will be Miss.
P.S. ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.
Sorry, Dannielle L., but I must be living.
Occupy Google Reader: A report from the... →
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“We’re here! We share! We’re agitated!”
Occupy Google Reader: A report from the protest’s front lines October 27, 2011 - 05:00 AM Email Print By Andrew…
Photos: At Occupy Oakland, a Night of Protests and... →
Shared by Nicole
These are pretty powerful. Wowie!
The epicenter of the protest movement against economic injustice shifted west on Tuesday, with police and demonstrators clashing at Occupy…
Farewell Google Reader - We'll Miss You -... →
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Sharing goes away TOMORROW?!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Farewell Google Reader - We’ll Miss You E.D. Kain, ContributorObviously lots of people who do use…
.@googlereader’s social functions & the archives of these interactions will be “flushed down the memory hole tomorrow.” http://t.co/ZBKB8iii
1922
Women in Chicago being arrested for wearing... →
1922
Women in Chicago being arrested for wearing one piece bathing suits and showing a little leg.
(via suitep)
From 1979: a collaboration between Sesame Street... →
From 1979: a collaboration between Sesame Street and Philip Glass entitled, Geometry of Circles. You can find more background on BrainPickings.org.
Thanks, Jason.
Life / Death Masks →
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I may be the only one who finds this really, really interesting….
Abraham Lincoln, 1808-1865. Life Mask
George Washington, 1732-1799. Life Mask
Google Reader to Get Google+ Integration →
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Wait, what?!?
Google Reader, the company’s RSS reader, will get a new look and integration with Google+ next week that will let…
Liam was up too late, fussy and unable to settle down. I did for him what works for me: I read him my twitter stream. He’s out like a light.
Adorable zombie hoard stole my nutella crackers →
Not my picture, but doesn’t it look lovely?
Last night, after the kids were supposed to be in bed, I made myself two pretzel crackers with nutella on them and a glass of wine,…
Space Colony Art, 1970s →
From NASA via Public Domain Review
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Thank you to Public Domain Review
Jenny O. -- "Well OK Honey" (MP3) →
Sound It Out #3: Jenny O. — “Well OK Honey”
It’s not easy to find information about Jenny O. Her bio tells us that her father is a scientist/wedding singer and that she began playing…
App Makes Checking In With Parents a Game →
Shared by kellygo
o_O
Parents worried about their children’s whereabouts no longer need to resort to tracking them like FedEx packages. A new alternative…
Two days away →
We just came back from a wonderful couple of days spent in a remote cabin in Hedgesville, W. Va about 15 miles from Berkeley Springs. No TV, very limited connectivity and acres of forest surrounding…
RT @USNatArchives: Are you a developer? Interested in digitization tools? Learn more about @USNatArchives digitization software on #GitH …
“When a whale dies, the story has just begun.”... →
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This is from the latest Radiolab podcast on loops, which is AWESOME.
“When a whale dies, the story has just begun.” A beautiful paper-cutout puppet illustration of the…