Friday, December 29, 2006
Harry Potter Lives!
Proof that we watch way too much Harry f-ing Potter in our house surfaced today, when my 23-month-old daughter requested "Hey Pah-Pah" and I popped in "The Chamber of Secrets" (or, as my brother called them when he was three years old, "see-cruds").
When...
You Can't Touch This!
James Brown died on Christmas Day, and because Scott and I both work in the media, it has turned our lives upside down. It's been non-stop 15-hour days since then. We've been trying to figure out where all the celebs are staying - Michael Jackson, Paul...
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Have Yourself a Slacker Little Christmas
These are pictures from our office "Christmas tree." It was weeks before there were ornaments, so Abbi improvised. Here are her picture...
Inspiring Words
Thanks to Lillie Morris for these words of wisdom:"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intentiwon of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, egg nog in the other,...
Friday, December 22, 2006
Panty Raid
Emerson is in her mimicry phase. Everything we do, she wants to do, too. Is Dada shaving his face? You can be sure to find her perched on her little chair, reaching for his electric razor, just a few minute after he finishes. Is Mama cooking? Emerson...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Dictionary of Toddlerisms
Emerson is not quite two years old, and she's doing her best to communicate. But sometimes we still have to intuit what she intends to say. Here are some of the words she uses and their sometimes "smurfy" meanings.
P.I. Go - piggyback ride
bedai –...
Monday, December 18, 2006
One of Those Days...
I'm having one of those days where I might as well chop off my own head because everything I say and do makes me seem like an asshole.First, I forgot I was supposed to take the baby in this morning because my husband was on the morning radio show.Then,...
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Swedish Christmas goat survives attack
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN- Vandals tried to set fire to a giant straw goat in central Sweden but failed to burn down the traditional Christmas monument, which has been soaked with flame-resistant chemicals, officials said Friday.<>The overnight...
Thursday, December 14, 2006
The Chicken of Fury
These are Emerson's Halloween pictures. She's so adorable, but so very angry. She is...
THE. CHiCKEN. OF. FURYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
There was a party at her day care, a little Halloween parade, and all of the children were supposed to hold...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Halloween Party
Ah, co-workers... You spend 40 hours a week with them, and then they want you to go drinking on the weekend. What is this torture?Oh, hey. Look at me in the background, not objecting or anything... Hmm.That's Betsy in front, our new Creative Director,...
This Chicken Never Crossed the Road
Another one! Will the onslaught never cease?!(Thanks for the picture, Joe, but did you have to chew on it before you took the shot? Nasty...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Beware!!
Warning: This is possibly the scariest idea from a so-called "Gift Guide" that I have ever seen.(scroll down)Kinetic Mesh ActiveSlip Brief 3051 by C-IN2<------ AAAAHHHH...
Monday, December 04, 2006
Feel the Power of the Chicken
Every day for the last 6 months, I have found a discarded chicken bone on the sidewalk outside of our offices. I am thinking either a really fast cat manages to take down pigeons on a regular basis, - which makes it not-chicken-wings-at-all - or somebody...
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Just Some Lady Business...
(DISCLAIMER: Men, you might want to turn away from this post.)So I was bitching about my tampons today. (Hey, I warned you guys!)"Geez! I just went to the bathroom at home!" I stomp, irritated that - while hooray for getting my period from a reproductive...
Friday, December 01, 2006
Win Symphony Tickets!
The Metro Spirit is looking for the best, funniest, and most interesting predictions for 2007. Meterologist Jeff Rucker may be right, but he has nothing on us. We won't spare anyone or anything in our quest to make this the best and most accurate forecast...
A "Fishy" Dilemma
Alright. I took the accompanying photo off at a very reasonable request. But I'm still going to tell a portion of the "tail."There is an ad that has been running for three weeks that advertised "She-Crap Soup" instead of "She-Crab Soup." I won't name...
