Archive for May, 2008

Two small things that leave me feeling oddly ill-equipped for momhood:
1. Hank in mismatched socks.
2. Running out of toilet paper, putting a tissue box next to the toilet, then running out of tissues.

Over at Mighty Junior, Melissa is building a reference guide to the best gifts for kids of all ages. She started, of course, with the One Year Old Gift Guide. So if you have any tiny friends with birthdays coming up, you’ll know where to find the perfect gift. Including the least annoying bath toys […]

Rae: Have you seen that photo of the guy with the tattoo of the cat’s butt hole where his belly button is?
Me: What? No! is that a real thing?
Rae: Oh yes. Yes it is.
Me: He didn’t give a fuck about tomorrow, man.
Rae: Yeah. He wasn’t really thinking about later that afternoon.

If you haven’t seen it yet, Anna Jane Grossman interviewed a bunch of bloggers, including me, for an article called “Your Blog Can Be Group Therapy.” Have a look.

Hello! I have three quick questions for you regarding which sites you’d most enjoy reading if I were to launch more sites. Would you like to help me decide? If so, thank you. That’s very nice of you, don’t you think?
Update: Whoa! That was fast. Thanks so much for your help, you helpful crew, I […]

So Esquire’s list of 75 Skills Every Man Should Master has been everywhere lately. It’s a good read, and most of the stuff is applicable to both genders. Here’s my little list of seven things every woman should know how to do, because I lack the stamina to come up with seventy-five:
1. Entertain unexpected […]

Dear people conveying their dogs in strollers,
Stop it.
At first we thought you had a baby in there, as is often the case when people are pushing strollers through parks. But then, we noticed your baby was an extraordinarily active little thing. In fact, your baby seemed to be kicking and punching at the weird stroller […]

Mother’s Day is this Sunday! Fortunately, the Mother’s Day Gift Guide is up on Mighty Goods and Mighty Junior. Order something perfect today, so Mom won’t have to settle for a “gift-pack” of Toblerone from the corner convenience store on Sunday.

This video made me happy cry.
A girl dancing with her little-girl self.

Right before I got pregnant, we decided we wanted to own a home. We tentatively put bids on a couple of San Francisco fixer uppers. The first one was a unit in an empty six-unit building, and we offered asking price.
We waited anxiously while the owner ignored us for a week, and then he countered […]