When no one’s there to save you from yourself
Friday, June 15th, 2007We’re having a fairly typical upstate NY spring: nice warm days and chilly nights. Overnight temperatures range in the upper-40s to mid-50s or so.
That means that, when I’m in the process of pitching the little darlings out the door for their last few days of school, there usually needs to be some kind of light-jacket-wearing […]
Take me out to the ball game
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007I usually have a space of time in the early mornings (in between bouts of throwing children out of the house) which I told myself was perfect for updating this blog. We see how long that lasted. ::sigh::
Slugger Ricky is playing left field (almost typed ‘left fiend’ - wonder what Freud would say about that?) […]
Wake me up before you go, go
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007It’s Ricky’s birthday today. He’s only ten but he seems to be getting an early start on creeping senility.
He came wandering downstairs this morning to ask me why all the clocks said 6:36.
Me: Because that’s what time it is. Why? What time does your clock say?
Ricky: 6:36
Me: So, what’s the problem?
Ricky: Am I supposed to […]
You should never argue with a crazy mind
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006I never did find that hole to crawl into, although I guess it must have seemed like it from where you sit, huh?
Anyway … the high point of my day today was throwing my youngest son out of the house.
I was sitting at my desk when he got home from school and, immediately, two or […]