Remember that rescue dog I wrote about a couple weeks back? Well, we got her. After calling her a litany of randomly confusing names that probably turned the poor fuzzy fckker schizophrenic, my mom and sister settled on “Baby Girl” as her official title. (Ironic, given her gargantuan proportions.) And, I’ve got to admit, I love her almost as much as I love durian or jogging. The behemoth hound weighs.. Read More
Best way to battle Christmas = laying down weapons.
Christmas at my house has generally meant putting the “fun” in “dysfunctional”. Yes, a bit cliche – but only if you’re being sarcastic. And a few holidays ago, I might have told you that’s exactly what I meant as well. But we’ve been doing pretty well the past couple of years. Oh, we’re still dysfunctional – but it really has been kinda fun – and with less yelling. I’m not.. Read More
Here we go, Zudio
Ah, the holidays. It’s a fantastic time to get around the blood relatives and subconsciously dig up old memories from your youth – until they erupt in either vitriol or vocal cacophony of some other sort. Lucky for me, this year it was mostly the latter. (Although it wasn’t long before we became so vexing to mother that she stopped defiling the turkey carcass with the blade she was handling.. Read More
Mom makes app to handicap her kids’ phones
Ah, the text message ellipsis. It’s the ultimate face slap. Unless promptly followed by a reply, it means you’re being ignored. And that might make you feel some unpleasant feelings. Espesh if you’re the parent paying for the little brat you’re trying to reach to use it. This is why one mom came up with an iphone app to freeze the handheld device of the kid cold shouldering them. But.. Read More
“Get OUT mah face!” (approach avoidance)
Remember those horror movies we’d watch as a kid? Jason or Freddy or even some Lifetime villainous shadowy stranger would seem to coolly traipse behind the protagonist victim – at nonchalant stalking speed – yet when the bish looks back, he’s somehow defied physics and closing in on her? When the Scary Movie series started poking fun at this tactic, it made me wonder why it was ever implemented into.. Read More