It wasn’t supposed to be like this. I was supposed to get hit by gamma rays or get bitten by a radioactive spider. As a kid I dreamed of waking up some day and suddenly being able to lift heavy objects with my mind or shoot laser beams out of my eyes. Not this. Not...CONTINUE READING

Remember the timeless classic children’s book from a few years ago, “Go the F*ck to Sleep“? If you don’t, you should check out this dramatic reading by the one and only Samuel L Jackson. A family member e-mailed me the link to that video for the eleventieth time the other day and it got me…CONTINUE READING

It’s Friday night. You’re a day away from the weekly grocery trip and the only thing left in the freezer is frozen chicken strips. You don’t want frozen chicken strips. Your spouse doesn’t want frozen chicken strips. Frozen chicken strips can go to hell. You’re so sick of frozen chicken strips that you’d rather hit...CONTINUE READING

Recently I have been partnering with Plum Organics for Parenting Unfiltered. Together with an awesome group of bloggers, we’re talking about the crazy, messier parts of being a parent – which is pretty easy because that is what my blog is about. If you’ve been here for a while, you’ve stuck with me through unfortunate McDonald’s incidents,...CONTINUE READING