Happy Birthday!

Posted by on Apr 19, 2006 in dish | 0 comments DS is nine years old today.I may have to take to my bed with a cocktail and a cool rag for my head. How did I get that old?
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The Taxman Cometh

Posted by on Apr 17, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Okay, okay, I get it. If I don’t manage to file a tax return early and get back somewhere in the neighborhood of $50, I am an accounting doofus and don’t deserve to swim in the big kids’ pool with everybody else.Well, that’s not how it works in my neck of the woods. Anytime a bonus gets shoveled toward a Florida teacher, they tax the living daylights out of it, to the...
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Easter Busted

Posted by on Apr 16, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Have you ever watched Mythbusters, that cool show on Discovery where the just-this-side-of-crazy science types try to prove/disprove some historical yarn or urban legend? Well, DS could join the cast today. The Easter Bunny myth has been busted.Mr. Chirpy swoops in our room at 6:30 am yapping about “You know that basket that should be in the kitchen blah blah blah…” I realize...
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Worst Mother In the World: Confirmed

Posted by on Apr 14, 2006 in dish | 0 comments So today I have this massive guilt hangover that no amount of malted milk robin’s eggs will assuage. See, this morning I worked over my daughter, to my ultimate shame.First off, let me say that I never plan this kind of thing, which is probably the reason I end up getting myself in these predicaments. Be that as it may, this morning I’m driving my kids to school when DS reminds me...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Apr 14, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Bad boys this week. Very bad boys.BED LIST: COLIN FARRELLColin Farrell is exactly the kind of guy that your mother warned you about while shooting you dark looks, the guy your father just thought about shooting, period. He’s Irish, and he loves to party. It’s on video. Yes, he’s naked. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…DINNER LIST: VINCE VAUGHANLook at that...
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CrazyBusy–You Think??

Posted by on Apr 12, 2006 in dish | 2 comments According to ADD expert/psychiatrist Edward M. Hallowell, many of us can now call ourselves “CrazyBusy” because of our hectic lifestyles.Hallowell has invented terminology to define behaviors the CrazyBusy indulge in. Any of these sound familiar? Screensucking – Wasting time looking at screens (TV, ‘Net, video games). Check. Taildogging – Pushing yourself/your...
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