January 2012
13 posts
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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. ...
Jan 27th
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decanters →
NICE.
Jan 25th
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!
Jan 24th
Jan 19th
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Cat and Girl
Jan 19th
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  17KShare 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…
Jan 18th
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A Softer World: 759 →
Jan 18th
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...
Jan 11th
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…
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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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...
Jan 6th
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DIY vs. Buy: Should I Make My Own Coffee Liqueur? →
Hmm, doesn’t add whole text, though….
Jan 6th
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.
Jan 3rd
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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.
Dec 10th
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…
Dec 1st
November 2011
16 posts
Weirdest holiday mall decoration ever →
WTF is that thing supposed to be?
Nov 15th
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…
Nov 12th
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.
Nov 11th
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…
Nov 11th
Thea lost another tooth →
Nov 9th
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.
Nov 9th
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…
Nov 9th
RT @nylonthread: @kellygo spritzer. Bubbles distract and add *sparkle!*
Nov 7th
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.
Nov 7th
Happy birthday, @monkeyrotica! Hope you and @nylonthread have a fantastic time tonight. xoxo
Nov 6th
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…
Nov 5th
Shooting at the walls of heartache →
Mike and I went to a shooting range a couple weekends ago. I did pretty well!
Nov 4th
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…
Nov 3rd
RT @postsecret: The Last Words Of 25 Geniuses, Including Steve Jobs. http://t.co/6TxNanN6
Nov 2nd
“Moral relativists are so unpredictable.”
– November 01, 2011
Nov 1st
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.
Oct 30th
Adventures in Depression →
Shared by ereed 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.
Oct 29th
Autocowrecks: Don’t Struggle, Just Let It Happen →
Love mobile culture LOLs & FAILs? Dial into Autocowrecks!
Oct 29th
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.
Oct 28th
Occupy Google Reader: A report from the... →
Shared by kellygo “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…
Oct 28th
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…
Oct 27th
Farewell Google Reader - We'll Miss You -... →
Shared by kellygo Sharing goes away TOMORROW?!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Farewell Google Reader - We’ll Miss You E.D. Kain, ContributorObviously lots of people who do use…
Oct 27th
.@googlereader’s social functions & the archives of these interactions will be “flushed down the memory hole tomorrow.” http://t.co/ZBKB8iii
Oct 27th
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)
Oct 26th
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.
Oct 25th
Life / Death Masks →
Shared by kellygo I may be the only one who finds this really, really interesting…. Abraham Lincoln, 1808-1865. Life Mask George Washington, 1732-1799. Life Mask
Oct 24th
Google Reader to Get Google+ Integration →
Shared by kellygo Wait, what?!? Google Reader, the company’s RSS reader, will get a new look and integration with Google+ next week that will let…
Oct 22nd
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.
Oct 22nd
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,…
Oct 22nd
Space Colony Art, 1970s →
From NASA via Public Domain Review … Thank you to Public Domain Review
Oct 22nd
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…
Oct 21st
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…
Oct 20th
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…
Oct 19th
RT @USNatArchives: Are you a developer? Interested in digitization tools? Learn more about @USNatArchives digitization software on #GitH …
Oct 18th
“When a whale dies, the story has just begun.”... →
Shared by kellygo 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…
Oct 18th