Musings: Down With Love

Posted by on Apr 21, 2008 in dish | 3 comments I tend to get a little nutty when it comes to presents for DH. Poor man never knows what’s coming when I tell him his theme for the year is something like “Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll.” He wonders, of course, but never knows. He wasn’t that confused the year I told him his theme was “Ladies’ man, man’s man, man about town.” That one came...
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Birthday Boy!

Posted by on Apr 19, 2008 in dish | 1 comment DS turns 11 today. We’re on the slippery slope to middle school, puberty, and my grocery bill going through the roof (although the grocery bill is cranking up already). We present him with a checklist: how late should he sleep? What breakfast menu does he prefer? Two things he’d like to do? Dinner at home or a restaurant? And we go shopping for a new bike. Three stores, lunch in...
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That Last Post? Forget I Said Anything.

Posted by on Apr 17, 2008 in dish | 3 comments So last night we’re at church for the kids’ program. Fine. DS (also known as Frick, as opposed to his sister, Frack) brings a friend. Also fine. I’m cleaning up after dinner when Friend comes in the dining room. “Um…mimi? Frick bit through his lip? And we need some ice?”Not so fine. The words “bit through his lip” don’t sound promising. I get...
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In Springtime, the Only Pretty Ring Time…

Posted by on Apr 16, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Birds sing…hey ding a ding a ding…sweet lovers love the spring!(If you recognize these lyrics, you were either paying really really close attention in your Shakespeare class, or you’ve watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory a gazillion times. In either case, the weather here has been worth singing about. We’ve had a couple of nights and early mornings in the 50s,...
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The Truth, or Something Like It

Posted by on Apr 13, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur is one of my favorite comics, probably because it skates just this side of completely oddball, and also because it’s so sharp. Today’s strip is a zinger aimed right at the heart of publishing.Danae, the strip’s erstwhile heroine, is young and way too smart for her own good. Today, she’s gathering material for a science fiction story,...
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Cool Chick: P!nk

Posted by on Apr 11, 2008 in dish | 3 comments You can tell that P!nk will develop into a gutsy broad one day (she’s already stomping all over the chick/broad line), but for now, she’s a very, very cool chick. Outspoken and honest, she’s the kind of gal who probably got sent to the principal’s office a lot while the quieter and tamer girls in the room looked on with a mix of envy and horror. Her music’s a great...
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