Mr Lady over at Whiskey in My Sippy Cup tagged me with a “seven random things about me” meme, which should not be mistaken for the “Six random things about me” meme that I did back in September. Honestly, there are so many random things about me that I could do these things all year. [...]
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Did you know that the sling is “the best choice for newborn protection against the undead”? This is true, according to the Zombie Combat Club’s new post about protecting children from a zombie attack. The sling always kinda irritated me. We were a Baby Bjorn family, which I now understand is undesirable in the event [...]
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Houston, we have a problem. On Monday, Raging Mom went to pick up the boys from preschool, just as she does every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. However, on this morning, she was detained by the teacher who informed her that the twins were disrupting the class. She was very concerned because they had disrupted the [...]
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At preschool, the boys had a homework assignment to decorate a paper doll to look like them. The dolls were to display something about each child’s raging personality. Believe me: there has never been a more telling project for Michael and Sonny. Raging Mom and I helped with cutting and glue (I LOVE the hot [...]
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On Friday, Connie came home and shared some news with us: a boy in her kindergarten class has a crush on her. And she had the documentation to prove it. A youngster named Glenn had professed his feelings for Connie by drawing the two of them together, with a heart suspended above their heads. Jump [...]
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There is an awesome Web site called Wordle, which allows you to plug in your own Web site’s URL and it will analyze your content and create a word cloud based on it. Above is the cloud for RagingDad.net. Clearly, it does not dig very far back into the archives, because there is no way [...]
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This weeks’ cover of the Willamette Week featured this image. I am sure it will be all over the Internet in a matter of a few hours. It pretty much sums up my feelings on the situation. Oooh! New WordPress function. Let’s try it: Song of the day: “No No Song,” Ringo Starr.
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Fall has fallen in the Pacific Northwest, but the sun came out this weekend to show us that it hasn’t left us fully, yet. We took our annual trip the pumpkin patch this weekend. I have to admit that despite growing up in rural Minnesota, I never went to a pumpkin patch as a kid, [...]
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I‘m feeling all political, yo. A professor of mine shared this video, on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on her blog. I love it. You should watch. Have a great Friday–yeah, yeah, y’all! Song of the day: “Party For Your Right To Fight,” Public Enemy.
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As Connie was getting ready for bed tonight, she turned her nightlight off. As this seemed an unusual move, Raging Mom asked her what she was doing, and Connie responded (with attitude), “Mom! I’m turning it off because I don’t need it yet!” Good for her, conserving energy. Next she’ll be spending her piggy bank [...]
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