Posts under ‘you’re supposed to laugh now’

My New Boyfriend

Yep, that's right. My husband ought to be quaking with fear, because there's a new love in my life, one who had me at "lonely and troubled childhood." And the only thing that stands in the way of our enduring love is the fact that I'm not a cartoon character. (Oh, and he already has [...]

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Why You Are a Bad Parent (Mother) and How to Fix It

Image credit: Photo by katrinket on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons So, have your read the recent New York Times article on toddlers and iPhones? It's shocking and alarming! More and more parents (oh, ok, moms -- only one nameless man is mentioned in the entire article and we are not told how he handles [...]

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I’m Late, I’m Late, I’m Late

Image credit: Photo by aesop on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons The school secretary looked at me over the top of her glasses. The look clearly said, "Oh. It's you again. The mom who can't be bothered to get her child to school on time." She knows my daughter and me, which is not a [...]

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Damn!

When writing haiku, sometimes, the perfect phrase has too many sylla...

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Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School

Image credit: Photo by TheeErin on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few of my real life friends have forwarded around "rules that kids don't learn in school" from the book Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add by Charles J. Sykes (not Bill Gates, [...]

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In Which I Admit I’m a Little Crazy

Image credit: Photo by anyjazz65 on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My son wanted to go to bed early the other night. Now you wouldn't think that this would be cause for alarm. There are lots of good reasons for him to be tired. Summer break is over. Fourth grade has started. The kids are [...]

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Summer Cleaning

Image credit: Photo by canonsnapper on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons It's summer: the season of kids around 24/7 and of subsequent blog neglect.  It's also the season of summer visitors, passing through in cars bulging with luggage, fast food wrappers and warm, disheveled smiles.  While some people like to do spring cleaning to prepare [...]

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Impatient Haiku

Praying for patience. Praying... Waiting... Stupid God! I want patience now!

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Help! Bill Gates Is Coming!

Image credit: Photo by Stuck in Customs on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Periodically, news stories send me into a panic. Do I need to order a truck load of face masks before that flu pandemic hits? Is that TSA security person going to have to strip search me now that some guy tried to [...]

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How to Change Anyone!

I was browsing around Target the other day, when I came across the most fabulous book I have seen in a long, long time: How to Change Someone You Love: Four Steps to Help You Help Them.  I laughed the kind of laugh that ought to have sent flocks of birds scattering in alarm.  Instead [...]

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