2010 | Mom et al

Boston Review: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents Zing Zang Zoom!

When someone does a trick, I am one of those persons who will try to call them out on how it’s done.

There’s a trap door underneath! They were hiding behind the curtain!

Wait a second, wait a second, it’s joined in the middle and there’s a spring around it, it pops it open when it’s inside [...]

Boston Giveaway Contest – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey

Every now and then my daughter looks at me and says, “Do you remember when that clown made Daddy wear that silly skirt, and then the pony pooped right in front of us?”

These are priceless memories, people. There is simply no denying it.

My children ask me all the time when we can go [...]

Poop and Bullying Awareness

It’s been one of those crazy, challenging, life just gets in the way type of parenting weeks around these parts. The kids have been acting like mutants. I have been acting like a mutant. And I am guessing that just makes them want to act even more mutant-like.

I was going to go on a rant about [...]

Top Five List: It’s Laminated!

Last week we rented The Backup Plan, and now I am all a flutter. Friends, I have a big problem. Big! HUGE!

I need to bump someone from my Laminated Top 5 List so that I can add Australian actor Alex O’Loughlin.

Oh yes. From his days on Moonlight to the new Hawaii Five-O series which premiered [...]

Anniversary

There is an unwritten rule when it comes to blogging: Lest thou prefer swimming in the proverbial shitter, thou shalt not write crap about thy significant other.

Well, at least not on the blog that he knows about.

Heh. Kidding.

Someone asked me once why I barely ever write about Tony. It is quite simple, really.

I am not [...]