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I have a new fancypants website, thanks to Dutch "The Brain" Husband! We (by which I mean he) are still working out a few bugs, bu...

I'm in the middle of a very smart crime novel which contains this line: "Most things are both true and absurd." ( Norwegian ...

In the spirit of full disclosure, this post gets a little angry. It's pretty heavy on the snark too.  You have either decided to st...

Jack's bedroom has become a wasteland. It's the tundra of our home, at the top of the house, with nothing there except a mattress. A...

A Rare Jewel: Eating Together The past two Sunday evenings, we have seen the miracle of the entire family sitting at the table to eat dinn...

Whenever I read the comments attached to one of my articles, I think to myself "Stop reading the comments attached to your article, dum...

How apt that on a day filled with sedation dentistry, a doozy of a code brown, a Charlie meltdown, and mom's precarious mental health,...

Best quote I encountered this week: "Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds."  ( Liar & Spy  b...

"Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly." Alain de Botton I found this quote ye...

Last week Jack's daily note from Ms. Sue described the following situation from school during which Jack uttered a complete sentence: ...