is there no justice?
By now a judge is hearing the case of Yamira Ramos versus PSJA High school over her status as class valedictorian. Apparently, now parents sue schools over their child’s class rank. All I can say is, this is a stain on the honor of honors students everywhere.
Speaking of gifted children and honors students, it [...]
rage on the page
As reward for the longest weekend on record, I watched Running with Scissors on Saturday night. I read the book ages ago but felt the movie version was so much more palatable and amusing. The mother character, played brilliantly by Annette Benning, was a heap more sympathetic and familiar in film than in prose. [...]
breakfast of champions
All things are canceled due to precipitation, snow, rain and the combination of the two. Nevertheless, the budgies, cardinals and chickadees are grubbing at the feeders and we’re indulging a bit ourselves. What do we have for breakfast when the roads are impassable and the Better Half isn’t here to criticize (he’s in Florida where [...]
three questions, tolstoy style
If you are familiar with Leo Tolstoy’s short story, The Three Questions or the children’s book by Jon J. Muth of the same name, then you already know that the Three Questions are:
When is the best time to do things?
Who is the most important one?
What is the right thing to do?
And you’ll also know the [...]
do not call me ‘cutie’
Just wondering who slipped in the night before last and replaced my seven year old son with the emotional equivalent of Judd Nelson’s character in The Breakfast Club? He’s got the whole snarly, sarcastic affectation down pat. This morning, while I tried to help him smooth out his spectacular bed head, I made the mistake [...]
separate bedrooms or separate houses?
The NYT just can’t leave our sleep habits well enough alone, trotting out the reluctant co-sleeping epidemic and, now, highlighting the growing phenomenon called separate bedrooms. And I’m not talking separate from the kids but, rather, separate from our spouses.
I can’t say the thought hasn’t crossed my mind when My Better Half comes [...]
cheerful
Two things I’m excited to share with you today, and, I promise, today’s post gets a G rating, unlike yesterday’s rant about vaginas.
One: Please see the photo of the tiny little snowdrops pushing up amidst the ice and the melt and the glacial thaw that’s taking place. These graceful little shoots are our first sign [...]
doctor, please supersize my…
I have had a few days to struggle with the topic of vaginal rejuvenation and have mentally exhausted the topic. My first response to the notion of plastic surgery on one’s ying-yang was, well, rather liberal and open minded, like why the hell not? If you’re one of the unfortunate 16% of women who can’t [...]
blogging with a bullhorn
There’s a guy standing on the corner of an urban street yelling into a bullhorn, “You want my latest opinion on the President? How about my opinion on Japanese enzyme baths. Or breakfast wraps – you need to hear what I have to say about breakfast wraps! The cartoon is titled Blogger Without Borders [...]
louse in the house
What two words strike fear in the hearts of pathological neat freaks everywhere? HEAD LICE. And these two words were uttered in my house last night after supper. I haven’t been the same since. Restricted airways, nervous laughter, vivid dreams about dragging clothing and comforters and stuffed dogs out to the yard and igniting [...]
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