So I thought I knew all my crutches--self-pity, Diet Dr. Pepper, and God, generally in that order--but recently Dragoon reinstalled Firefox on my computer and I found out that all this time my life depended on AutoComplete and I didn't know it ( Read more... )

So yesterday was Cora Dove's first birthday. Oh, and America's birthday too ( Read more... )

So I don't know if I've told you all the medical fol-re-dol we've been through with little baby Dove. To recap, she was IUGR and was only 4 1/2 lbs. when she was born ( Read more... )

When he saw the punctures, scratches, and blood, Dragoon described it as "you pulled the pin out of a cat and it went off in your face ( Read more... )

We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a monster truck, they will immediately begin to drive it everywhere, shouting at strangers ( Read more... )

I'm in Pop Culture Special Ed ( Read more... )

So Dragoon is going out to lunch with a friend, and I am here at home with my sick, homeschooled kids ( Read more... )

My kids have been sick for two WEEKS now. Two WEEKS. And I don't mean midly impolite wet coughing, because we've all had chest crud for the last month. I mean full-blown, where's-the-bucket, make-a-bed-on-the-sofa, DVDs-going-at-all-hours, we're-outta-Sprite SICK ( Read more... )

So I was thinking that this year I should celebrate Lent. Wait. What's the verb for Lent? Observe. I should observe Lent. As holidays go, Easter is my favorite and my best. I expect fasting will deepen the Paschal joy, you know? I read a lot of Frederica Mathewes-Green, who's Orthodox, and Elizabeth Scalia (aka The Anchoress) and Betty Duffy, who ( Read more... )

Is it just me, or are tv shows like someone lots of people are married to at once? Like we define ourselves as tribes aligned with the TV shows we watch ( Read more... )