Category Archives: discipline

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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July 15, 2010

Starts With B, Rhymes With Witch

What do you get when one and three go to war? Lot’s of flying fists, hurt feelings and exhausted referees.   Into every new year a little profanity must fall and who better to give it to you than Il Duce? … Continue reading →

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April 19, 2010

Things are Not as They Appear.

This Sunday I had myself a true Judas Iscariot moment. I denied knowing my own children at the grocery store. Then I stopped after reading that last line and asked myself  “Hey girl who spent her whole life chained to … 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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November 2, 2009

ICS

Knee socks, itchy wool plaid jumpers, hem measuring checkpoints, nail inspections and being dragged down the hallway by your ear. What do these things have in common? They are all rites of passage (or cruel indignities if you choose) of … Continue reading →

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