I used to post two baby pictures every Tuesday. My son has a T name, so it was the T Two for Tuesday. I got to share a little with out of town family and friends while (hopefully) not annoying everyone else.

I approached giving birth a bit the way I approach teaching: Have a comprehensive plan, and be ready to throw that plan completely out the window at a moment's notice. When things went wrong in my labor process it happened fast and there was no going back. My son and I wouldn't be here today if not for the efforts…

I truly hope this is the case!

This is a lovely graphic to keep handy for these discussions.

All right, now I have to share my story about Wind Waker. When I got the sword for the first time I was so excited, and naturally I wanted to try it out. So I ran around the island like a gleeful maniac, cutting down trees, chopping grass, smashing pots, all the normal stuff a Legend of Zelda game tends to allow. …

The Outlaw Joise Wales! Excellent!

This isn't quite a worst present entry, but rather a worst-present practice that I am sure many of you endure. My husband has a large family and they are INSANE about giving presents. My MIL (who is a wonderful, amazing woman) gives out an amount of gifts I cannot properly describe. And her gifts are always…

I'm still learning about feminism (does that ever end? I doubt it) Yet I feel so much less inclined to join the conversation for fear of being ridiculed and shouted back into silence because I'm not exactly where others are in their own journey of understanding and knowledge. Sometimes the message seems to be Your…

Somewhere, buried in my son's massive book collection there is a book called The Digginig-est Dog that I hate, hate hate. And no, it's not about groovy beatnik dogs, like I had originally thought when he brought it out for me to read.

Why do I keep doing this to myself? I keep reading the updates on this story, making myself sick to my stomach, making my hands shake with rage and sorrow....this is so horrible, and like many, I initially extended my symapthies to this...creature...thinking it had all been a terrible mistake. Thinking that NOTHING…

The doctor I work for swears by emu oil. She said it works on crows feet. I haven't used it myself, but I ordered her some on Amazon.

I was totally hoping that Angry Dad was upset over his daughter being forced to read sub-par literature, but no.....

Every person should grieve the loss of a pet in their own way, whether it means bringing a new animal home right away, never having another pet, and everything degree in between. But I am not in favor of other people trying to make that call for the person who has experienced the loss. When my husband's beloved cat…

What about defrosting? I use my microwave for a few distinct purposes, and the defrost feature is definitely one of them. I use it daily to reheat my second cup of coffee, because leaving the coffee on in the pot makes it bitter. And I used those awesome Medela microwave steam-clean bags to sanitize bottles for the…

Oh my gosh, Danger, I hope you can go back and read the Weetzie books and still love them. I LOVED that series as a pre-teen and teen, and re-read Witch Baby and Weetzie Bat multiple times a year. I loved how progressive and accepting and full of white magic the stories were, and yet when I went to re-read them as…

Double yes!! That was unforgivable, to me, because I also had a special Teddy, and the idea some wicked woman could mutilate him was...just unthinkable.

That's exactly what I thought! In fact, I was under the impression it was the Rescuers until I read your comment and then went back to check. Holy crap that movie was vicious! To this day I can do an excellent impression of Medusa: You'll go down there, and FIND that DIAMOND, or you'll NEVER SEE YOUR PRECIOUS…

Hey potential deer hunters: Google an item called a Butt-Out. Watch the tutorial. That will probably help you determine, then and there, if hunting deer is for you.

My grandmother used Noxema religiously and her skin always looked so amazing, so I started using it when I was about 14. Oh sure, there were a couple of times that I tested the teen-targeted products of the day, such as Clearasil, but I always went back to Noxema. I love the smell, the tingly feeling, and how well…

Well, I, for one, never forgot Richard Pryor slurring his way through the alphabet....