A good reminder to us all about protecting the innocence in children and trying to recover our own softness.
Archive for January, 2007
Style Guru
31Jan07Avery has decided that she NEEDS to wear these glasses 95% of all her waking hours at home. She would wear them out of the house except that I have instilled in her a mortal fear of losing the glasses somewhere. It’s hard not to laugh out loud at her as she watches tv, plays [...]
Camp songs and Mental Illness
30Jan07Remember the good old song “Down by the Bay” that you used to sing round after round of on your way to school field trips or around the campfire or whatever? Well I was listening to it the other day. Actually listening to the words. I’ve gotta say I think that there were some serious [...]
Back to the Dentures
28Jan07We are back in that special area of hell called “Teething”. In fact, I’m not sure we ever left. It hardly seems possible that teeth could be so close to errupting through the gums without pushing through in a one month period. Because this is how I will remember the month of January 2007. The [...]
Idolatry
26Jan07So we were at our local mall yesterday and I noticed that there were small “Canadian Idol” banners up everywhere. I thought this was strange because I couldn’t imagine there would be enough room anywhere in the mall for them to hold auditions there. But I did a little googling and, to my surprise, the [...]
see you there!
25Jan07My son appears to have accepted my proposals, at least for the time being. So I will proceed to post a cute picture of him.
Like many other Saskatonians, I was drawn by the brand spankin’ new Walmart south of the city yesterday. I know, I am weak. I am the stereotypical North American, [...]
Reincarnation
24Jan07 A goofy site that I came across. Find out who you were in your “past life”.
Your past life diagnosis:
I don’t know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern Thailand around the year 1375. Your profession was [...]
Negotiations
23Jan07Dear Kieran,
I have reviewed your list of demands and have some of my own thoughts to share. In the spirit of compromise and a desire to come to a peaceful resolution in this conflict I have not addressed this letter to “the devil’s spawn”. I hope you will appreciate the self-restraint this required.
Firstly, I must [...]
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18Jan07Infant, aged seven months, free to good home any home. Eats heartily occasionally, sleeps through the night from time to time, friendly cranky disposition, never frequently bites, potty-trained craps himself every ten minutes.
Any takers?
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