Ever since I picked up a hoop, I’ve learned again and again how important it is in the hoop culture to “share the hoop love”. It’s all catch-phrasy and stuff. I think I’ve done my part - sharing hooping with people I worked with, sharing it with family, having a hooping birthday for my daughter, […]
So, who’s going to join me in watching the Vice Presidential Debates tonight? And who is going to call in sick to work tomorrow after winning the Sarah Palin Drinking Game?
Look, I know I’m supposed to be showing all sorts of interest in the Canadian election that is just around the corner, but frankly, I […]
I had dinner this past Saturday with two girls that I hadn’t seen since high school. Well, hadn’t seen since high school but more importantly hadn’t spoken to since freshman year. Were it not for the graces of Facebook, we would have probably gone on living our lives and not thinking about each other unless […]
Every once in a while, a relative of yours will give your child a gift that either shocks or dismays you. Or both. In our household, the toy of choice recently has been Taxidermy Cat. She made her appearance under the Christmas tree this year - a “stuffed” cat so lifelike, I […]
Tonight I took my 12-year old son to Old Navy to buy clothes to maintain our complete and total assimilation with average middle-class culture, when he decided that he wanted to tell me something. But, the catch was, I had to promise not to freak out.
Let’s pause and think about what flashes through most […]
Note to self: Do this. As much as possible.
If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. - Mark Twain
The other day I witnessed a brittle elderly man lose his temper on the manager of my neighborhood grocery store over the lack of fresh strawberries. Part of me wanted to say something to the old curmudgeon, because I thought he was being really […]
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