Archive for December, 2008

Al Green: "O Holy Night"

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” is in heavy rotation here, of course. But here’s a little more soul for your stocking (yes, ours are hung over the inoperative fireplace). (The “fall on your knees” line gets me every time.)

Al Green: “O Holy Night”

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” is in heavy rotation here, of course. But here’s a little more soul for your stocking (yes, ours are hung over the inoperative fireplace). (The “fall on your knees” line gets me every time.)

Quote of the Day: Resident Bargain Shopper

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

BabyGirl,to her preschool teacher in response to the teacher thanking her for the holiday gift:   “Oh! [insert dramatic hand-wave and eye-roll]  I do ALL my holiday shopping at Walgreen’s!”

A non-blog blog

Friday, December 19th, 2008

I’m feeling kinda blah and cranky. I’m not going to blog about Caylee Anthony, the meter reader’s story, or the fact that I’m afraid that justice will not be served for this little girl. I’m not going to blog about “Katrina’s Hidden Race War”, or the fact that Scott Peterson’s 4th wife just might be [...]

Yalie c/o '84 is Inauguration Poet!

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Elizabeth Alexander, prize-winning poet and professor of African-American Studies at Yale, will read a poem at Obama’s inauguration! Congrats to her!                      

Yalie c/o ’84 is Inauguration Poet!

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Elizabeth Alexander, prize-winning poet and professor of African-American Studies at Yale, will read a poem at Obama’s inauguration! Congrats to her!                      

Co-Parenting101 round up

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Here are some of the latest posts over at my other blog baby, CoParenting101.org: For those parents who did not get the memo: Co-Parenting: It’s not about you… …still, the put-on-your-oxygen-mask-first rule applies:  Co-Parenting and Healing: Rising from the ashes of divorce And finally a little throwback text: Divorce by the Book Tell a co-parenting [...]

Corruption in Iraqi government? No way!

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Sunnis and Shiites agree: Saddam=not so bad.

Aarrgh, matey? Again? Seriously?

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Another ship has been attacked by pirates.  This time, it was 9 pirates who boarded a Chinese merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, forcing the 30-member crew to barricade themselves in the ship’s accommodation room.  Over 125 averted, attempted, and successful attacks and hijackings by pirates have taken place year to date. What’s going [...]

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be ridiculous

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Tonight, BabyGirl, Mini-Me, and I went out to dinner to celebrate Mini-Me’s most excellent report card. Mini-Me picked a place that we’d gone to previously on a Sunday afternoon; we didn’t know that it was more of a “bar crowd” on the weeknights. (I guess I should have known since he tells me all the [...]