I so love my boy!

He is on a "Little Mermaid" kick of late, and he thinks Ursula is the height of cool. Then today he asked me, "Do you have octopus pants?"

OCTOPUS PANTS!!!!!!

I told him I would totally make us some octopus pants for Halloween. But somehow, I don't think we'll be waiting until Halloween to wear them. :)

Ok, the new stuff is on the website, including the double-barreled laser gun picture I talked about here (although in the tiny jpeg you can't actually see that it's double barreled, so, alas!), and the Aslan painting I talked about here.

And since they're on the web, I can post them, woohoo!

( Cut for your pleasure )

They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!

A Newberry Award winning book is being banned from elementary school libraries because it contains the word "scrotum."

This is the stupidest thing I've heard all week, and I've heard lots. It's a body part, people! If people are unable to tell kids the proper names for their body parts (or in this case, it was a body part of a dog that sustained a ( Read more... )

I don't know what my issues are with my alma mater lately, but two nights in a row now I've had dreams that (first night) the University decided I wasn't doing well enough academically and kicked me out, and (last night) University officials were trying to take custody of my child away from me. Jeez!!!

In other news, Brendan has taken to pretending to be in the circus.

I would just like to point out that his circus includes zombies.

( Why did no one warn me?????? )

I'm sportsgnostic!

My new favorite word:

contumelious.

Best. Con. Ever ( Read more... )