And here I was having a nice day…

As I put the kids to bed, the Human Tape Recorder tells me the good news – she has, after only 5 years of school, won something in PE. Now, your mileage may have varied, but my recollection of PE is certainly where modern notions of waterboarding came from, so the fact the she’s excited […]

And Happy Birthday….

To, once again, The Reigning Queen of Pink, Grand Duchess of Fluff, and High Protector of Barbies, who (as recently noted) is today seven years old. She likes this quite a bit, either because it makes her “older” and therefor more likely to be allowed to do things her older siblings are, or because 7 […]

It is the right of all women…

… to change their minds, especially when they are almost 7 years old, and certainly when they are The Reigning Queen of Pink, Grand Duchess of Fluff, and High Protector of Barbies. So it should have come as no surprise to me that the impending septemarian announced, a brief moment ago, that she has decided […]

Wisdom of the BUMD

When life hands you shit, grow something organic. Then sell it at a premium.

Conversations I Didn’t Expect to Have This Morning

“Daddy, do the Japanese keep moving their mouths after they’re finished speaking?”  Oh man.  I really need to mind what he’s watching on TV better…