Today we laid Sonny’s fish, Lucy, to rest. She died a violent death, her fragile fins irreversibly damaged by Michael’s cruel fish, Leaf. Since Connie has experienced the ups and downs of pet ownership, we decided that the boys could have goldfish for their birthday. When they joined the Raging Household, all seemed well in [...]
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Dad of Divas has tagged me with an Internet meme, called Six Random Things. Here are the rules: 1. Link to the person who tagged you. 2. Post the rules on your blog. 3. Write 6 random things about yourself. 4. Tag 6-ish people at the end of your post. 5. Let each person know [...]
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I recognize that my blog has been focused on genitalia lately. What can I say? It is just where my kids are these days, I guess. Tonight, Sonny (while on the toilet), asked me, “Does Connie have a penis?” “No, honey, Connie is a girl, so she doesn’t have a penis,” I replied. “Does Grandma [...]
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On Thursday Connie turned six years old. Six years ago, Raging Mom soaked in a bathtub, intending to go in to the hospital in the morning to have labor induced for our first child. Amazingly, she went into labor that night and we made the long drive from northeast Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul. I [...]
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I am trying to improve my attitude. Generally, I am a very positive guy. But there is a dark, mysterious side too. Maybe not so mysterious, but dark. Here is the fact: Too much negativity puts me in a major funk. Being a Negative Nancy doesn’t help any of my family members, that’s for sure. [...]
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This day was bound to come; I just thought the boys would be a little older. I guess it is the late aughts, not the late 80s (cue Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’”). They are, in fact, growing boys with strong hearts capable of pumping blood throughout their nascent bodies. I’ll set the [...]
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Well, this is a shocker. You think it is bad enough to put me on Sarah Palin’s banned blogroll? Maybe her tough husband can visit my webmaster and gently persuade him to erase my existence from the web. The best part of the rating tool was this statement: “This rating was determined based on the [...]
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I read the headline from the Minneapolis StarTribune with horror: “‘Kill me!’ a mother begs police after a terrible act.” The story was about a 60-year-old mother who tried to kill her two 11-year-old adopted girls. According to the article, she “savagely attacked her two daughters and then stabbed herself, two months after she was [...]
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We have had a strange run of hot weather in Portland, and frankly, I’m done with it. Fortunately, it looks like it is done with me, as well, because the temperatures are going to cool down here over the rest of this week. People are always surprised to learn that Minnesota is hot and humid—often [...]
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On Saturday the boys turned four years old. Four. Years. Old. Unbelievable. All at once, it feels like it has passed in the blink of an eye, and that it has lasted an eternity. Life is a complex, tortuous path, one that winds around itself and challenges as it rewards. The fellas wanted to have [...]
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