PHOTO, KIDS
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10.31.2007
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the brood
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PHOTO, KIDS
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10.30.2007
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QUOTES, KIDS
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10.24.2007
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a new TROYSCRIPT was posted today.
new mom
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QUOTES, KIDS
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10.23.2007
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SOCIETY
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10.19.2007
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now hiring: uncontrollable use of obscenity a plus
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HEALTH
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10.18.2007
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i'm looking for a pup tent for my groin.
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on October 8th, awareness of scrotal lift technology hit the mainstream. being google's number two hit for the term my logs spiked in response to peoples' sudden curiosity. unfortunately my dissertation on the topic does not seem to be hitting the mark with these information seekers because such visitors only stay for an average of 15 seconds, which is not nearly long enough to take in my enlightened commentary on the subject.
based on other google offerings, my guess would be they're actually after the site discussing the related Scrotal Drape and Support product page. i made them one click stronger at least.
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HEALTH
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10.17.2007
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full house
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yesterday upon waking up the first thing i heard was marty walking down the hallway calling the following out to the house:
nobody is going to school today. everybody is going to school tomorrow. if anybody disobeys me or acts disrespectful in this house, i'm getting them dressed and taking them to school, because if you are well enough to give me trouble, you are well enough to go to school.
this is alex's fourth day home, bella's second and my first. i think marty is feeling the pinch of having so many cantankerous and inflicted humans milling about her home. especially since when bella cuts class she conducts her own school in our ping-pong room. while in teacher mode she expects to be called Mrs. Fun. however, if you cross her or make light of a provided assignment a more apt name would be Mrs. Pissed-Off-And-Surly, although no one is brave enough to say that to her face.
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HEALTH
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10.16.2007
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the dad in the plastic bubble
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the people i live with are sick. the whole lot of them. it started weeks ago and has been evolving through the ranks with great alacrity. when this happens i possess great skill at avoiding the funk my people carry. i wash my hands with greater frequency, interact with people using more care, pop echinacea like tic-tacs and sleep in remote parts of the house. last night while slumbering on my futon/couch something stirred me from sleep. i opened my eyes to find alex's awake face inches from my own. he had curled up next to me on the small futon space.
hey aleo.
hi dad.
what's up?
i had a bad dream.
i'm sorry to hear that.
then he quick-sneezed, dotting my face with phlegmy shrapnel. and just like that i joined the infected masses. in the future i'm going to start sleeping in the car ... and with it parked in a neighboring zip code.
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BOOKS
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10.12.2007
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my reading list just got adjusted
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an email excerpt:
As you turned me on to the original I thought you should know, if you had not already heard, Ken Follett just came out with the sequel to Pillars of the Earth. It is called World Without End, I have a copy and will be commencing reading in the next few days.
five minutes after reading this message i jetted to my local bookstore and made one of their copies mine. i've been waiting over fifteen years for follet to produce something along the lines of his original pillars, which for me has been one of the very finest tales i've been lucky enough to enjoy (via a college class marty took dealing in european architecture).
thanks for thinking of me snake. and for those of you who don't know pillars, fix that. for those that do, you know what to do.
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QUOTES, KIDS
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10.11.2007
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KIDS, FOOD
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10.10.2007
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say it, don't spray it
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when anthony is hungry and not getting what he wants, be it mashed potatoes or a drink of water or a spoon of oatmeal he shrieks like a pre-pubescent howler monkey.
when anthony is offered food he doesn't want, he waves his left arm wildly back and forth as if he's trying to karate chop any attempt to get it near his food hole (or mouth for those not accustomed to having their mouth called their food hole).
when anthony decides he is done with something he's already been given, he squeezes the morsel in his tiny fist, watching it bleed through his clenching digits. once the food is properly disintegrated he madly waves this raised fist above his head sending the little bits of food flying each and every way.
between the screaming, flailing arm and airborne food our kitchen oftentimes seems like a food processor is running full-bore without the lid on.
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QUOTES, SOCIETY
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10.05.2007
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preach it.
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Excessive wealth engenders self-satisfied mediocrity.
Leon Botstein, President, Bard College
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WEB, MUSIC, KIDS
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10.03.2007
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Pachelbellarific
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WEB, PHOTO
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10.02.2007
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the polls have closed and ...
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this year's everyman submission deadline just hit. the current numbers stand at:
entrants: 4,174
photos: 8,122
largest category : landscape & nature (3,199)
smallest category : from the attic (599)
one might say the figures are slightly up this year. if i'm more dodgy this month than most, you'll please understand and forgive.
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