Discovered a wonderful new kitchen appliance. A little about me … I like tools, and guns, and trucks, and dogs. And Half, most of the time. And theKid, always. Anyhoo, theKid offers up ideas on the regular because … y’know … kid, and most of those ideas involve spending when I should not but can’t …
costs of kids
Look At The Blood!
Half called me “Multiple Miggs” the other day. Methinks some would find that offensive. I, however, thought it was hilarious (“I bit my wrist …”) There is truly someone for everyone. Unless, of course, you are an MF. Saw not one but two different reports of DomVi between semi-lesbian couples, and methinks it begs the …
Nepotism, Cronyism, and Favoritism … the Modern Trifecta
theKid participated in a sports camp/competition recently. Results were not as hoped. However. theKid performed quite well, achieving top ten status in most of the events, and top twenty status in the others. For a point of reference, there was roughly maybe 300-500 participants, skill levels from newbie to vet. Anyhoo, theKid had one flub …
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If Not, Don’t; If Yes, More! More! More!
Half and theKid returned from their travels, and I must say – family is everything. Unless it isn’t. Methinks if I had not succumbed to marriage, and if Half had not insisted on being fruitful and multiplying, I believe I would not have missed what I did not have. Let me explain (or not … …
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Points, Practice, Physics … and Politics
theKid recently expressed some frustration with the foolishness of grown folks … and youth sports. Yeh, the kids think the parents are dumb too. And kids always bear the burden of a parent’s mistakes. Ergo, to wit: my parents split before I hit kindergarten, totally destroyed the family, and the scars from that destruction have …
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Sides of a Circle
Guy sought the opinions of the internets. Seems he was a bit of a germaphobe, bodily functions of most sort grossed him all the WTF out. Actually suffered traumatic, physical reactions (anxiety, panic attack, seizures) when confronted with the human nasties … also had epilepsy or some such, needed a full eight every night of …
Birth Day? Worst Day
Wonder if Methuselah celebrated his 969th birthday. Probably not. I’m early on the downslope and already entirely over it. But then again my birthday has always sucked. A sign, prr’aps? Most years Half doesn’t even remember the day … although if I were to forget Half’s birthday the heavens would fall, water would cease to …
Cheap Thrills
Reading is excellent, inexpensive fun. Portable, reliable, no need to charge. Can even do it for free, at least used to. Haven’t been to the library in a minute(open on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10am to 11:15, and hurry up!) This may surprise you (Other Person, You) but I spent the majority of my recesses …
Breeding for Bonzo
When you don’t have kids, you’re incredibly self-centered. And when you do, you become even more so. Methinks: how could you not? There a little half version of you walking about in the world. If anyone has had a child after, say, 2010, methinks the decision stems more from hubris than the notion that the …
Cut ‘Em Off, On Their Knees
Methinks me wonders at times the amount of a child’s potential lost because the adults don’t know how to adult. Mentioned (several times) before that theKid is involved in sports, like heavily, like more than one team/sport/activity. Anyhoo … There are some kids on some of those teams who only play intermittently because – get …