Category Archives: kids and parenting

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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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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Monday Morning Report

Time 7:45 am. Place Washington DC, interior of my car. Child 1: What’s that you’ve got going on there? Me: What, where? Child 1: Your outfit. Me: *Vacant expression* Me: Oh look, there’s a black cat. He just crossed RIGHT … Continue reading

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I Suspect the Kids Might Actually Be Doing These Things On Purpose

  Sometimes I get the unnerving feeling that my kids are out to get me. Not the usual my kids are sucking the marrow from my bones and I have not one iota of energy or sense of self left … Continue reading

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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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Child With the Annoying Voice

Everybody loves kids right?  I mean they are sweet, innocent , endearing and wonderous. Only a  terminal asshole would fail to see the beauty in every precious little moment and treasure it. TREASURE IT I SAY! Except…what is that sound? … Continue reading

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Ninja Style

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Te Amo Tishy.

 Tomorrow my little girl turns eleven.  Eleven fucking years old. I can’t believe it. Here she is as a peanut, before she  learned I wasn’t as great as I tried to make myself out to be.    Let’s hear it … Continue reading

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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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What’s for Dinner?

Have you ever found yourself spinning the lazy susan full of spices around and around dreaming up new savory combinations to set your family’s taste buds ablaze with delight? Well, I sure haven’t. I loathe cooking and all things culinary related. … Continue reading

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