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19 February 2010 ~ 9 Comments

My Worst Morning

This morning I checked my email while making the kids breakfast. I had a request for 500 words on breastfeeding and breast cancer, $40, and they wanted it this morning. So I plopped bowls of oatmeal and stacks of pancakes on the table (precooked, then frozen, for fast breakfasts). I filled Saffron’s cup with juice, [...]

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11 February 2010 ~ 2 Comments

What My 5 Year Old Taught Me About Dealing With Republicans and Teabaggers

photo credit: erikaemergency
Yesterday I was reading the political blogs and found myself shaking my head at two separate stories, both on Crooks and Liars. The first involved a Fox news commentator claiming that there were no military tribunals in 2001, a claim that is laughably false because there have been military tribunals since the [...]

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10 December 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Because It Made Me Giggle

You know, in that happy “OMG I adore this!” sort of way.

This video was originally blogged at: Marvelous Kiddo
(Yes, the women are singing “If you love them then you shoulda put a sling on ‘em”. This is not ti imply that parents who do not use slings do not love their kids. It is a [...]

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27 November 2009 ~ 7 Comments

The Rest of the Story…

photo credit: Katie Tegtmeyer
Monday I wrote a post making fun of myself for losing my cool and flashing the mailman. The whole point of the post was to share a funny, embarrassing moment where I looked like an ass. Because dudes, I do that quite frequently.
Some people didn’t take it that way. Some people [...]

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