Image credit: Photo by Great Beyond on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Earlier this year, I read an article about technology that would allow us to record and store every moment of our lives. Imagine: our whole lives stored in a single searchable archive. We could settle those arguments with the boss by replaying what [...]
Posts under ‘obsessions’
Looking Back
Image credit: Art by jeloid on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I started keeping a journal semi-regularly when I was in middle school. My very earliest journal entries are a thrilling roller coaster ride through the life of a suburban tween: from the heartbreaking lows of the cancellation of my favorite TV show to the [...]
Conspiracy Theories
Image credit: Photo by CowGummy on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons It started off innocently enough years ago. She would forward me the usual stories warning me that I should watch out for snakes in McDonald's ball pits or people out to steal my kidneys or serial killers who would lure me out of the [...]
Cyberstalking Syndrome by Proxy
Image credit: Photo by Corie Howell on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I have spent my share of time cyberstalking the women my husband has acted out with. (Hey, I'm codependent; I'm really, really good at focusing on people who aren't me.) And I'm not alone. Focusing on and obsessing about the activities of acting [...]
What Is your Deal with Serial Killers?
Image credit: Photo by pareeerica on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Yesterday I wrote about the possibility that Karen Maezen Miller could be a serial killer. (In case you're wondering, the chances are small.) To be honest, I was much more concerned with the more real and terrifying possibility that she or Shawn somehow knew [...]
A Tale of Two Mothers
Image credit: Photo by Omar Eduardo on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons As featured in the New York Times blog Motherlode I A mother and her son are in line at a grocery store. They boy looks like he’s about nine or ten. The mother looks a little tense as the boy starts to fidget [...]
Mario Knock Knock Joke
I know my kids are not the only ones obsessed with the Nintendo's little overalled hero, so here's the latest Mario joke to come home from the playground. Since I've heard it repeated 10,000 times already and can't remove its presence from my head, I thought I might as well share: "Knock knock." "Who's there?" [...]
My Son’s Gimpy Fin
This has been cross-posted at Two Women Blogging. Now, I may not be one for much crying, but I did cry (I'll admit it, I did) the first time (ok, ok! few times) I watched Finding Nemo. Even before I lost track of my son a few times, I related so much to the anxiety, [...]
Control Your Child
Years ago, back when we had one child, an extended cable package and time together after said child was asleep, Mark and I used to watch Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, a makeover show starring five gay men who have clearly never spent any time with children. The Fab Five once made over the [...]
