Category Archives: difficult child

February 4, 2011

This Is The Speech I Want To Hear Someday

  Like I’ve said before, there are times when doing the emperors bidding wears you down and makes you long for a two week vacation to Tahiti. Il Duce was especially demanding today when his needs were not getting met … Continue reading →

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October 28, 2010

We’re Making Plans For Nigel

  At some point I’m going to get a phone call from various defunct 80′s bands demanding some sort of restitution for all the titles I’ve stolen after a morning listening to Sirius XM’s First Wave. I like to use … Continue reading →

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December 16, 2009

You’ve Got Another Thing Coming

Yesterday I needed a momentary break from my service to the emperor. Doing his bidding all day every day can really wear on a person so after re-fixing his chocolate milk three times to get it just right and head … Continue reading →

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October 20, 2009

The Rise and Fall of Il Duce

  No, no, no, not again……. After a particularly grueling evening of bed time shenanigans all I needed was one incident free day to recharge my batteries but alas, it was not to be. No sooner had I dropped my youngest … Continue reading →

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September 21, 2009

Prince of Id

 So here I am again. Today I sit in an office across from another set of baffled educators trying to dissect my uproariously funny but hard to understand four year old. Should I tell them that they would have a … Continue reading →

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