I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
I had a nice quiet moment yesterday morning to listen to some NPR while I was geting dressed. Marketplace Morning Report was on, a show I usually only listen to with half an ear but they were discussing the distribution of stock ownership in America and it piqued my interest. The first figure they cited wasn’t too upsetting. They said 47% of Americans own stock. OK. Yeah. They makes sense. That’s probably representative of people…
I told my son that there was a storm that ruined houses and I needed to a minute to do something to give money to people who could help. He said “I can give money! I have too much pennies and quarters!” and scrambled off to bring me some. This morning he asked if there…
I’m trying to be be more professional about blogging these days. I’m also trying to be less overwhelmed by life. My husband had a suggestion recently that will help with both of those things and I’m talking about it at Babble: The babysitter was my husband’s idea. I was losing my mind while he was…
I found myself in a conversation with a Young Earth Creationist and climate change denier this week discussing science and faith. It was as fascinating as it was infuriating. Fascinating because this man had done all kind of research and mental gymnastics to prove to himself that the Earth dates back only 6000 years and…
I spend too much time online doing parenting blog stuff so I’ve seen more than my share of very weird debate erupt. For example, the shitstorm over a piece I wrote for Babble about how formula feeding isn’t ZOMG THE WORK OF SATAN. Anyway, in an attempt to add some levity to the humorless corners…
