This was the conversation I had with Jason about an hour ago while we were waiting for the bus ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago, I arrived at work to discover that during the night someone had decided that our doorway was a decent substitute for a toilet. Worse, they'd somehow managed to angle themselves so that the resulting mess was placed right at the hinged edge of the door, making it a sure thing that an even bigger mess would result should the ( Read more... )

Jason's finally old enough to "get" Mother's Day, and we've spent it in a happy daze of cleaning, going through pictures of him as a baby and painting pictures to hang on his walls. At one point, we were laying on my bed-- he was sitting on my stomach, leaning back against my raised knees-- and he was asking what he was like as a baby ( Read more... )

Surprise ( Read more... )

...how would you react should you begin to suspect, for various reasons, that a three year old child under your care had been taken to see the new Transformers movie, and possibly Spiderman 3 as well, without your being asked or informed? Both are rated PG-13, both contain scenes of rather extreme violence. The child in question has watched all of ( Read more... )

Scene: Me, on a street corner. Cranky old man, in one of those motorized scooters. Cranky old man wheels across the street and rolls to a stop in front of me, squinting at my Amnesty International binder. He is scowling ( Read more... )

Wow. I got a call from my brother today, to announce that his long-time girlfriend is pregnant. They considered not having it but have now decided to do so, so some congratulations are in order. Finally I am not going to be the only sibling who's spawned! There is some stress with this announcement though, as my brother recently lost his job. But ( Read more... )

I fucked up at work. My manager called a couple of days ago and I heard "Words words Saturday words words too many days words words next Wednesday and Thursday off". See, I'd worked last Saturday and while I had the following Tuesday off to compensate, I thought maybe the powers that be had decided I'd been working too many hours lately and needed ( Read more... )

Quoted from this article"Thom Hartmann began his program on Thursday by reading from a new Executive Order which allows the government to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies ( Read more... )

Working. Settling into new apartment. Making good use of my halved time with Jason. Using my very little free time on minor braincandy pursuits that take as little energy as possible.

It will get better, I know, but for now I'm not good for much other than my primary focuses. Focusii. Foci.

You get the idea.

P.S. I'm fundraising for Amnesty ( Read more... )