In Which This Gave Me A Much Needed Laugh.

After a couple of days feeling pretty down, this made me laugh pretty hard when I watched it Saturday night — the whole show did, actually, but this was just the right combination of hilarious, weird and awkward that I needed:
[Update: Apparently, it's been yanked from YouTube, but for now you can see it here.]

In Which My Work Is Rejected By A Five Year Old.

When Peanut started preschool, we were given a piece of paper to put pictures on and decorate, and they would laminate it and use it for a placemat for snack time.
Stellar parents that we are, we lost it. But only after going through piles of pictures with him and putting the paper and said pictures [...]

In Which I Should Be, But Am Not, Surprised.

I wanted to post something about these last week, but jury duty ate my available brain cells. Just a couple of things I came across in pop culture that gave me pause:
1. Last weekend I was watching X-Men on tv and during the commercials they were showing previews of the new Hulk movie. At the [...]

In Which Summer Is Here.

This is one of my favorite times of the year, and here’s why: grilling. I love meat; I love grilling, smoking, making jerky — there’s nothing like meat that’s been teased with real fire. I’m watching Good Eats on the Food Network (one of my favorite shows) and many of the commercials are for grilling/barbecue [...]