Tag Archives: Jackson
Pumbled
Jackson is a remarkably articulate 10-year-old, in my not-even-trying-to-be-unbiased opinion, but he still stumbles over words occasionally. Naturally, the way he stumbles reveals a deeper genius. I’m not saying I’m responsible for his genius, I’m just saying I’ve noticed it. … Continue reading
Welcome the Christmas Dick
I’d woken up feeling shaky and nauseated the day before Christmas. I honestly didn’t think I’d had that much to drink the night before, just some champagne after work. I’d been sober enough to read 15 pages of The Hobbit … Continue reading
Day Twenty-eight
Me: “You’re weird.” Jackson: “Weird means oddly fantastic.” Me: “It does?” Jackson: “We looked it up in my class.” Me: “So I can’t call you weird?” Jackson: “No, Mom. Grammar. People are weirdos.” And he says he hates school.
Day Fifteen
Draw a squirrel choking a chipmunk. Why does the chipmunk look like Hitler? Put sunglasses on the squirrel! Put a fedora on the squirrel. Now give him a beard. Let me do something to the chipmunk! *Adds little mustache* Yes, … Continue reading
An Idea, an Announcement, and a Raffle!
First of all, every time I get into my car I have to hook up my iPhone to the car’s cassette adapter so I can listen to music or podcasts or whatever, and every time I do that I think, … Continue reading
and it’s also true that I lost the map
First of all, if you’re actually visiting fussy.org and not reading this through a feed reader, you’ll have noticed two new badges up in the sidebar. One is for The Popcorn Whisperer, the weekly movies-and-TV column I’m doing for Babble, … Continue reading
This is probably true
Probably the most useful instruction I’ve gotten in recent years as a traditionally employed human being who deals with the public is this: “Everybody lies.” Especially when confronted, no matter how gently, with a mistake they’ve made, no matter how … Continue reading
I am tired
I’ve decided to continue ignoring Flickr and keep posting MY random photographs here on MY site. I don’t care if it’s inconvenient for everyone to have to come over to MY SITE to see MY THINGS. I don’t care if … Continue reading



