I have stated before that I do not like parenting books or websites. At this point in my parenting career, my main form of outside advice comes from Rants from Mommyland where Kate and Lydia regale me with their tales…
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Snow!!!!
Woowee, did we get some nasty weather last night. In the space of half an hour we went from rain, to sleet, to heavy, wet snow. The DC area, having learned ABSOU-FUCKING-LUTELY NOTHING from the major snowstorms last year appeared…
State of the Union
There should be a State of the Union red carpet so people other than dorks like me would know who everyone in the room is. Do you think we could get Ryan Seacrest to host it? Or maybe one of…
Mitten Quest
I have figured out how to get rich. I figured it out in Target this weekend. A weekend, I might add, that was smack in the middle of January. Which is part of winter. A season that is very, very…
Battle Hymn of Don’t Care
Do I have to write about the Tiger Lady? I do? Really? Ok, fine. Much has already been said about Amy Chua and her Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and all the excerpting she’s done from it to promote…
Treats
I’m not good at delayed gratification. For evidence of this I present Exhibit A: The bag of Trader Joe’s chocolate covered toffee popcorn that I bought to be my little treat every night after work this week. It’s sitting beside…
If I Were In Charge…
I sometimes like to fantasize about what life would be like if I ran the world. Then I think running the world is too big a job and I downgrade to just running the US. I’d be better at that…
Snookered by Snooki
If you happen to be perusing the shelves of many fine bookstores this week, you may find yourself confronted with a cover featuring an eerily familiar pair of eyes gazing at you underneath an 8 inch tall pouf of hair.…