I had this moment of panic a couple nights ago. I couldn’t remember the name of a very common, pretty classic book for young adults. It’s one we all know. But for the life of me, I could only remember the author {Madeleine L’Engle}, and the less well-known sequel, A Swiftly Tilting Planet. On a […]
Easter is Christmas #2
Easter is Christmas #2 because of “Wish Lists”. When I was a kid, the Easter Bunny brought cute little dollar store items like crayons and bubbles and rinky-dink shit like that. And candy, of course. Lots of candy. There were always two bunnies, one chocolate and one stuffed. And that was pretty much *IT*. No […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. — his dream for blue kids
The nightly “cleaning o’ the backpack” ritual ensues. Pulling papers out of my 8-year-old daughter’s backpack, I say, “I see you learned about Martin Luther King, Jr., at school today.” “Yeah,” she agrees nonchalantly. “We did.” “So, what can you tell me about him?” I sign a form and tuck it into […]
Pass Your School Levy, Stupid!
What kind of a moron doesn’t pass a school levy? I’ll tell you what kind of moron doesn’t pass a school levy. A douchebag, that’s the kind of moron I’m talking about up in here. A selfish, piece of shit asshole incapable of long-term thinking. A dumb-dumb who has no understanding of what makes a […]
My Daughter is Keeping a Gratitude Journal
My Daughter is Keeping a Gratitude Journal … and I want to shoot my brains out. Just kidding. Kind of. One of the annoying things about November is all those “I’m grateful for…” posts on Facebook. It’s not that I shun the idea of active gratitude, honestly. I mean, I certainly count my blessings, […]
Play Dates Are Ass
My good friend Jesse (as opposed to my hubz Jesse) wrote an article for Parent Society called “I Hate Playdates” which reminded me that I had wanted to write about that topic too. Because they seriously tick me off! I would find this tedious fad annoying enough if it didn’t actually impact me on a […]