Author: Mihow

  • Sending Hate Mail: A Tutorial

    Let me begin by saying that I’m no expert on the subject of hate mail. I haven’t ever sent hate mail to anyone. It’s just not my style to open an empty mail message and write about how much I hate someone. But some people do it. Some people compose dreadfully cruel letters. Perhaps they…

  • Tuesdays With Murray (Chapter 64)

    Murray enjoys Em’s sloppy bubble bath seconds, which Em finds fascinating. (A few things about the video: Murray’s nickname is Myrtle. I have no idea why or how that came to be. The bubble bath is harmless for both baby and cat. See California Baby if you’re interested. Lastly, the blow-up protective covering seen in…

  • They Grow Up So Fast.

    Tobyjoe and I packed up our books back in June because we thought we were moving in July. That didn’t happen because our landlords said we could stay through December. Another thing that didn’t happen was the unpacking of said boxes. They’ve been taking up space in our bedroom ever since. Emory (like most toddlers)…

  • Getting Acquainted with Feces.

    Em stepped in some poop this morning. I am not sure if it was dog feces, squirrel feces, human feces or raccoon feces. It seemed like too much to be squirrel and too little to be human. I have to admit, I kind of hope it was squirrel feces because I think squirrels have the…

  • I Hate New York.

    I had a professor in college whose job it seemed was to make every one of his students as stressed out and angry as possible. The night I was accepted into the Graphic Design program I got a phone call from one of the seniors. He said, “Congratulations! You will cry. You know that, right?…

  • Tuesdays With Murray (Chapter 63)

    When we lived in Washington, DC. I took pottery classes at a studio in Adam’s Morgan. I studied with Jill Hinckley and threw pottery like this, this and this. I wasn’t great at it, but I loved doing it and while there I met some of the greatest people. One of the people I met…

  • Dear Those Without Children,

    If you find yourself walking down the street one day and happen to see a mother pushing a screaming child in a stroller, before turning to your hipster girlfriend to comment about the situation, make sure you do one of two things: use your inside voice so said mother can’t hear you or say something…

  • Redundancy Is Key

    All my life I have heard stories about a child who drowns in a pool after leaving through the back door, or one who gets run over by a family member as they back out of their driveway. Many times I have wondered how it can possibly happen with so many people around. I have…

  • Editing.

    I turned a post off because it was written in haste. It will be back whenever I have more time. Promise.

  • Tuesdays With Murray (Chapter 62)

    Murray is fat. And for the longest time we’ve tried to ignore the fact that we may have had anything to do with It. I’ve suggested that he’s overweight because he steals food from us. I’ve blamed the baby for sneaking food to him. I’ve even suggested that Murray is overweight because of being bottle-fed.…