Like dracula, with the counting

Today, my one goal is simple: to count to ten. I need to count every time a child talks back, or pounces on a sibling, or grabs a dog’s tail and yanks. I need to count when another driver cuts me off, or a box of cereal gets spilled on the floor, or when confronted […]

2 for 2

It’s nasty, cold, and wet outside. But I went for a run. I didn’t melt. I didn’t freeze. I did run 3 something miles. And now I’m gonna curl up with my kids on the couch, watch the Family Guy Star Wars show (“your powers are weak, old man”) and eat chocolate.

It would be funny if it didn’t hurt so much

Best headline I’ve read all day: Warning signs missed on economy Only to people who WANTED to miss them (ahem; everyone in Washington DC). I’ve been reading and repeating for years that the housing market was in a huge freakin’ bubble, and that once gasoline passed $2 a gallon it would start to drag on […]