Feb 14
Does that title make you uncomfortable? Good. It’s supposed to. It made me uncomfortable to write it. We’re supposed to be bothered by such derogatory comments, because we all know (or at least, we should know) that they’re unkind and hurtful. I sincerely hope that if you’re reading this right now, that we can agree …
Jan 02
We have a ball python named Waldo. We named him Waldo for the late great Ralph Waldo Emerson (and also because people seemed to find the idea of being able to lament, “Where’s Waldo??” in the event of an escape side-splittingly funny.) He’s a wonderful pet. He’s playful and friendly, and loves to slither around …
Dec 18
What a year for parenting. Between Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, there was no shortage of avenues for crazy ideas. Laptop-shooting dads, public shamings on Facebook, and negative and anti-kid “pins” were all the rage this year. As I went through my stats for the year to get this post together, I realized that once again …
Aug 06
A truth about blogging: Sometimes no matter how carefully you choose your words, no matter how diplomatic and respectful you feel you’re being, no matter how clearly you think you’ve shared your viewpoint…. you still get called judgmental. Short-sighted. Preachy. Hypocritical. Hypocritical. Hypocritical. Hypocritical. The odd thing is the perverse pleasure people seem to take …
Feb 14
Judgment. It’s a word I’ve seen so many times over the past few days, it has lost all meaning. “Who are you to judge?” “Well aren’t we judgmental” “It is not our place to judge….” My blog post about Tommy Jordan has the distinction of being the post that garnered the most comments I’ve gotten …
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