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…
Month: July 2008
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…
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…
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……
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…
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…
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…
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…