Well, we have evolved from pans to bowls….aren’t you proud of us?
Ode to a Bowl
We had a good dinner, a tasty stew,
The hubs had the honors and cooked with no crew.
We ate it in shifts, as we usually do,
I got to mine first, and he noted my coup.
He offered his scraps to the pooch on […]
adjective:
Uttering, containing, or characterized by maxims; wise and pithy.
A long pause, during which the group reflects on this gnomic pronouncement.
– Ruth Shalit, “Send in the clowns”, Salon, June 21, 2000
Gnomic derives from Greek gnomikos, from gnome, “intelligence, hence an expressed example of intelligence,” from gignoskein, “to know.”
I know what you thought, but no, this doesn’t […]
It’s bedtime. Time for potty, teeth-brushing and pj’s.
A door slams.
BAM!
(small female voice from inside the bedroom, shouting)
I’ll put on my pj’s, but I want you to stay OUTSIDE!
(pause)
So you won’t see my naked BUTT!
(larger female voice from outside the bedroom, shouting)
I MADE that BUTT, and I’ll look at it anytime […]
This is Becca. She likes birds. She hopes to grow up and eat one some day. So far, she gets this close.
Meanwhile, she’ll eat that post.
Feeling any captions coming on out there?
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Okay, bloggers, you surf, you read, you might even take the time to comment. And then, occasionallllllly, you might drift back to the place you commented to see if anyone else commented on your comment.
I said occasionally. When you can remember where it was. And when you feel curious.
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Kid explained a recent problem at preschool with her good buddy, Jill (age 4).*
Jill is Sam’s girlfriend now and I don’t like it.
What does that mean, to be a girlfriend?
Well, Sam falled in love with Jill and Jill falled in love with him. And now she’s his girlfriend.
And what does that mean?
It means you […]
adjective:
1. To complain habitually.
2. A complaint.
3. A habitual complainer.
They begin to look like malcontents who kvetch about the weather so much that they don’t notice the sun coming out.
– David Shenk, “Slamming Gates”, The New Republic, January 26, 1998
Kvetch comes from Yiddish kvetshn, “to squeeze, to complain,” from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, “to squeeze.”
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