Monthly Archives: March 2004

I am desperate to go shopping, yet all I’ve done is to go online and buy t-shirts for Jack that I don’t have the nerve to wear myself. It’s a cat, licking its butt! It’s from the Museum of Menstruation, … Continue reading →

In case you’re interested in another James-the-Non-Pledge-Sayer story, I got an e-mail from my dear friend Brian who, surprisingly, knew the junior high school version of James. “Seeing that picture was a real trip down memory lane . . . … Continue reading →

God, I love it when people say funny things about Jesus. In this current climate, I think we should just keep a long line of those “I can see your house from here!” jokes coming. And, please, I love Christians, … Continue reading →

I laughed, I cried, I wrote some of it. Plus, it has a monster on the cover! RRRRRrrrr! Greg explains it better. So click and buy! It’s far less exhausting than combing through the archives of a dozen weblogs far … Continue reading →

When I was in sixth grade, we said “one nation, under God, indivisible” in the Pledge of Allegiance, much like the rest of the nation. Dr. Michael Newdow’s argument on the subject before the Supreme Court on Wednesday is excerpted … Continue reading →

Last night Jackson actually said to me, with proto-teenage irritation, “MOM, I’m not a kid anymore.” “Jackson, you’re two-and-a-half.” *not sure what this means* *pouts* This will interest no one but me, but here are two of Jackson’s latest original … Continue reading →

This morning I was lying on my yoga mat doing what I think is probably Mary Roach’s favorite pose (corpse pose! Get it? Hey! I made a Mary Roach joke! Yay to the three people who care!), and I overheard … Continue reading →

Is there a Judy Blume book about this? Sure, now Jackson’s sitting on the couch singing a song about how his pecker tickles, but when he turns eleven we’ll have to have a talk with him about how to avoid … Continue reading →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGthZ5dsf8o] This video* has probably been the most mind-bending thing on Jackson’s playlist lately (in between viewings of the new Shrek 2 trailer, the Spider-Man 2 trailer, the Scooby Doo 2 trailer**, and browsing for Power Ranger toys on Amazon). … Continue reading →

Since half my neighborhood knows better than to answer the door when I’m standing on the other side waving a Ziploc bag full of something I made too much of, I’ve now taken to poisoning everyone on the Internet, one … Continue reading →