I don’t really like to go hatin’ on the ways people express their religious feelings, but this is really too much:
Yup, your kids can be Photoshopped into a picture with a guy that is supposed to resemble Jesus. Aside from the ickiness of the whole thing, I gotta wonder what makes people think that [...]
Really, this is a must see: a machine that lobs tennis balls, which can be reloaded by the dachshund for whom it was evidently designed. Watch at least until you can see a closeup of the control panel, which is hilarious.
If you are wondering about the teasing potential of the name you are considering for your new little bundle of joy, may I suggest running it by a class of third-graders first?
This morning my kid’s teacher announced to the class that one of the other teachers had had her baby and named him “Jacoby,” pronounced [...]
One of my kids went to the first meeting of a book club today. Only three kids were there in total, and the other two are fundamentalist Christian homeschooled kids. (We are nothing if not ecumenical here chez Pooch!)
Anyway, all went well until the time came to decide on a book for the next meeting. [...]
From xkcd.
T-Rex speaks for me and doubtless many others.
My spiritual practice has devolved into “don’t be a jerk.” There are days, many of them this week in fact, when this is a significant stretch.
Fred Clark heard the same story I did on NPR yesterday, and had a similar reaction, only he wrote his down and it’s awesome.
Connections among insomnia, depression, and illness.
Being depressed is bad for your health? Who knew?
As my daughter journeys through middle school, and especially as a result of her being in this play on bullying, I’ve been revisiting, or rather resisting revisiting, my own mostly-traumatic middle school years. This brought special resonance to Milton’s post this morning:
Like Lazarus coming out of the tomb still bound up by the grave [...]
