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yesterday, tv was such an easy game to play

I was going to write in my post yesterday about how I’d finally caved. Yesterday I did the thing I never thought I’d do. I put the boy in the Baby Einstein jumper thingy, and stuck him in front of the TV with a Baby Einstein DVD.

I stayed nearby and said things like “Wow, . . . → Read More: yesterday, tv was such an easy game to play

signs of aging and how j.c. penny missed its target in my case

Have you seen the commercial? J.C. Penny is selling teen clothes by appropriating famous scenes and dance moves from The Breakfast Club, to a cover version of Don’t You (Forget About Me).

There’s nothing like a baaaaad cover version of a favorite song from your teen years by an unknown band to make you feel . . . → Read More: signs of aging and how j.c. penny missed its target in my case

blog, dammit

There seems to be some controversy over the word dammit and it’s hurting our new friend Maggie who just wants to earn a little ad revenue. We’d like to start a let-Maggie-run-blogher-ads write-in campaign, but don’t really know how to go about it, or have the oomph to follow through. If you have an idea, . . . → Read More: blog, dammit

blog identity crisis

“That’s why you haven’t been posting as much lately,” Leila says when I tell her that I’m in the midst of.

That’s one of the reasons. I mean, also, I’ve been ill. And insecure about my life choices. You know…

I’ve written before about my concern about blogging the bad days, the days when my . . . → Read More: blog identity crisis

fabulous day on lakeshore with baby (minimal whining)

The whining is all me. I am sick. Sick, I tell you. Not in the head. But as in head cold. Sneeeeeeeezy, runnnnnnny nose, waaaaaaaatery eyes. It’s miseeeeerrrrrabbbble. Seriously. And my face is raw, sandpapered raw from tissues/toilet paper/napkins, the range of any old things that I am wont to use to wipe my nose. . . . → Read More: fabulous day on lakeshore with baby (minimal whining)

i’m sick (and news of baby’s firsts)

I don’t get sick very often.

I was just going to say that, Scott said.

My nose is running. I have chills. Is this what comes from being around so many people? Probably. I don’t get sick very often. I don’t think I’ve been sick with a baby yet. This will be challenging?

Can I . . . → Read More: i’m sick (and news of baby’s firsts)

blogher 08: partial live blogging

The experience is still sinking in and I’m still trying to catch up on sleep as the two-day blog-love-fest was exhausting in itself, and the boy is doing a little night waking (eine kleine nacht…) again lately.

What I have right now are remnants: A pile of business cards yet to go through, a pile . . . → Read More: blogher 08: partial live blogging

we’re bloghering

Or rather, we did last night, and we WILL be again, as soon as Jonah wakes up from his morning nap.

Never wake a sleeping baby, even when you’ve paid $300 to attend a three-day conference (plus $50 extra for the onsite childcare you probably won’t use) and the only part you are REALLY interested . . . → Read More: we’re bloghering