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Back To Arizona For The Holidays
Violent Pillow (SF) —
Authority: 127
While I haven’t officially lived where I grew up since 2002, it always enjoy going back home to visit. My family and the friends I grew up with are there. I always say I will never return to live there, and still do, but there was always a comfort knowing I was returning to that certain….familiarity (not sure if ...9 hours ago -
Warrior Training: Explaining Womanhood To My Daughters
Silicon Valley Moms Blog —
Authority: 467
A friend was telling me about a Confirmation retreat he ran recently for the young men at his church. (Confirmation is a Catholic sacrament akin to a spiritual coming-of-age.) Although he knew these boys had grown up on Facebook and Nintendo, he was still a bit shocked to find that few of their parents had ever ...2 days ago -
A squid story
As Zewt As It Gets —
Authority: 119
I first heard about it when I was in University. The guy who told me is the same person who told me about this “tragic” story. I have since heard similar stories from other people but whether it is true or otherwise, no one knows…Ya’ see… fishermen go to see and spend quite a substantial amount of time ...2 days ago -
An old memory
Joy, Nikki, Sue, Laura & Pam~Our Views —
Authority: 140
My dad recently gave me a box of 6 Christmas ornaments. They were in a little wooden box. I set this box on the Wii TV and never really gave it another thought until Saturday night when I opened it up to check out the new ornaments. When I opened that box an aroma came out and just slapped me in the face. It was SO ...2 days ago -
Reality of an empty nest
If Mom Says OK —
Authority: 491
After a lag of about 10 days, the latest I’ve ever been, I finally got our Advent calendar completely filled and hung over the fireplace. ( not the traditional place to display such a calendar, but considering how big it is, and that we don’t use said fireplace, it’s the default. ) I simply wasn’t feeling it. ...3 days ago -
The great birthday weekend extravaganza recap
Not-Ever-Still Life with Girls —
Authority: 127
On Friday we power-surged through both Ls birthday and the first night of Chanukah, such that by the time we neared the end of the gift-wrapping overload, L never even opened her last three gifts. She was done. She was satisfied with what she had. She was overstimulated and had lost interest in this strange concept of ...3 days ago -
Dad, Its Aspergers: Part II
StaticVox —
Authority: 121
If youve been reading my blog for a while, you may recall the original Dad, Its Aspergers post. As I pointed out then - my dad has a friend, the friend has a son, and the son as Aspergers. My dad is the sort who reacted to my childrens diagnoses with, "Oh, come on, theres no way they have that. Theyre normal ...3 days ago -
Robin Tunney’s Dad Pretended To Be A Gay Hairdresser
HairBoutique.com Blog —
Authority: 139
Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead roles in the movie The Craft and the hit television series The Mentalist.At the age of 19, Robin moved to LA winning several recurring TV roles on Class of ‘96, Law & Order, Dream On, and Life Goes [...]4 days ago -
Cry Baby: Man Insulted Because Coca-Cola Website Generated Offensive Security Code
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome —
Authority: 736
Apparently a man whos too stupid to realize nobody ever wins anything with those "go to a website and enter the code under your cap " deals (you havent, dont lie) was offended when the randomly-generated security code at the Coca-Cola website read "U F**KR". Warehouse manager Alistair, 26, said: "I couldnt ...5 days ago -
When Are You Grown Up?
Heart of the Matter Online —
Authority: 557
I was not a happy teenager. I didn’t particularly like the high school scene, the ridiculous courses, the boring teachers, and the regimented schedule. I used to dream of finally being a grown up and being allowed to make my own decisions. I idolized adulthood. Then I hit eighteen and nothing magical happened. ...6 days ago -
Childhood Innocence
A Mama's Blog —
Authority: 109
My kids are pretty good about not begging, or whining for things. But they are kids, and they have their methods of operations. Ryan is very persistent when he has his eye on something and will mention it several times- he never forgets anything. He seems to just wear me down over time. He doesn’t ...6 days ago -
Two morrow
Not-Ever-Still Life with Girls —
Authority: 127
Tomorrow you will be two. You will wake up and call for your Daddy and let us know that you’re hungry, that you want to go downstairs, that slow wakes and morning snuggles are for wusses; let’s get this party started! You will say two hundred times I get it and you will say two thousand times No, I do it!! and ...6 days ago -
He’s got legs.
Motherhood: The Final Frontier —
Authority: 112
Here on the blog my children are called Two and Five. Of course you all know that they have proper names, even if I don’t spell them out, but in real life the family mostly refers to him as ‘Baby’ because, well, he was a baby a minute ago and he’s the youngest and we haven’t really gotten out of the habit ...6 days ago -
Boy’s 5th birthday
Little Darlings —
Authority: 122
** A backdated post ** 17th October 2009 This year, Boy’s birthday falls on a Friday, so we celebrated earlier on the 17th. A few weeks before the party, we were in Cineleisure @ eCurve watching a movie and we passed by a hobby shop. While browsing around, we found out that they organise events using movie ...6 days ago -
Princess’s 6th birthday
Little Darlings —
Authority: 122
** this is a really backdated post ** 31st August 2009 Princess celebrated her 6th birthday party at McDonald’s. Initially I wanted to let her celebrate at Kidzports like she did when she was 3 but when I counted the number of kids from daycare plus the cousins are about 40 pax. Don’t think spending ...6 days ago -
Anatomy of a Final Paper
Melia Lore: Chick Guru & Queen of Tarts —
Authority: 120
1. Wake up, resolute to finish paper before 3pm, so homework time with the kids isn’t something monstrous.2. Use preschool time to gather thoughts, drink coffee, post thoughts on blogging on forum based on links in paper. Chew ice, freeze, get in car early and blast heat.3. Come back from preschool, throw on movie ...1 week ago -
Will they ever grow up?
My Boyfriend Is A Twat —
Authority: 119
Coralie and Tatiana are now 20 and go out like 20 year-olds, do things that 20 year-olds do - all that, except grow up. Dont get me wrong, they are lovely girls, but Tatiana has been badgering me for the most part of this year to make an appointment for her at the gynaecologist. Admittedly, I didnt actually mind ...1 week ago -
Hi.
A Child's Romance —
Authority: 103
The girl was out of words. She sat listening to the silence and waited. She didn’t want to explain why she was upset, she didn’t want to repeat herself. She wanted new words to replace the old ones that she’s worn out. New, shiny words, that’s what she wanted. The silence was only broken by breathing. The girl ...1 week ago -
The Perfect Gift for a Man: Reinventing Manhood (Book)
Shaping Youth —
Authority: 118
Dec. 9, 2009 And now for the GOOD news! Yesterday for I wrote about ‘boys being turned into monsters’ with toxic marketing proliferation about what it means to be masculine, rolling out narrowcast perceptions and gender roles thinner than a crepe. Today, meet 30 men who donated their stories, time and ...1 week ago -
Hands Down the Cutest Reindeer I’ve Seen all Year
artistmotherteacher.com —
Authority: 122
You know Dasher and Dancer all those other reindeer, right? This guy would probably be Rudolph since he has a red nose. Cute, isn’t he? Want to make one or two or all 9 of them? Supplies: 1 or 2 sheets of construction paper for the antlers (we used brown to be more authentic but any color would be cute) 1 sheet ...1 week ago
