Tag: humor

  • File This Under: Inappropriate Children's Book Illustrations

    Back in 2005 when the pope was dying, I wanted to capture the historical event on film. It was a rainy, chilly day, so I decided to rest on a pew inside Saint Patricks Cathedral for a bit. While there, I saw this peeking out from the top of a hymnal book. Now, I saw…

  • Curious George: A Bad Role Model For Our Children.

    I don’t usually go around blaming outside influences for my child’s behavior. I promised myself years before becoming a mother that I wouldn’t become that mother. But this time I simply can’t hold back. Curious George must be stopped. I’m annoyed that he hides behind a guise of curiosity. I don’t see a curious monkey,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Smart Indeed

    This is for egirl because of what she responded with on this post. The trucks were there last night with a big ol’ spot in between them. We woke up to this: I actually left a note on their car letting them know they made our morning. Hopefully they get to it before Hanna does.…

  • Am I OK?

    I can’t hear too well. I read lips a lot (which is why I can’t hear people in the dark and have trouble watching Grey’s Anatomy sometimes). “What?” is a very common response from me. But more often than not, I simply try and fill in the blanks. And I’ve become quite good at it.…

  • Face Your Manga

    Do they look like us? (You may create your own here. Share them if you do! I’d love to see what you come up with!)

  • Sesame Street Makes Me Like People

    One of the cool things about Em getting older is we now get to watch Sesame Street. We watch Sesame Street every morning. And I’m constantly amazed at who they have on. My mother assures me that it’s been this way forever, but I guess I’d forgotten (or I didn’t know any better at the…

  • I Don't Know Why You Say Hello, I Say Milk!

    Em is almost ten months old. He’s eating pretty much everything we put in front of him. Sometimes he moves so fast we’re forced to disperse food across the surface of his highchair. He’s a gulper, just like every other creature living under our roof. I get such a kick out of giving him new…