weapons of massdistraction

You got me, I’ve been swiping my recent headlines from the weather forecast. Thank you Paul Douglas. My excuse? A higher-end headache on the verge of becoming a low-end migraine, combined with a lingering low-grade cold. The combo has been robbing me of any creativity I may possess. Glamorous, no. Pathetic, yes. I’m hoping, [...]

Weird week. More on that later. What the weatherman is saying: “We still don’t see any major knock-down, drag-out storms brewing for the next 5 or 6 days.” Honestly I’m a little disappointed. This Fall has been colder than usual, but not in any notable, interesting way. Yesterday morning marked the first time I [...]

Let’s blame it on bad parenting. Because I am queen of multi-tasking. Ok, maybe viscountess. I try to do too much and feel like I’m doing none of it as well as I’d like. I perform daily triage to determine which tasks get green-lighted. It’s a constant struggle between the day job, the little [...]

But she sure is divine. Today I came across a great Neko Case article. I’d just been thinking about her, and how I hadn’t gotten around to posting about her fabulous Chicago show (I still intend to post a rundown of the trip soon). I got goosebumps from reading the article…while listening to her [...]

We have passed through potty-training purgatory and have officially entered potty-training hell. //alert If you don’t want to know the gory details, gentle reader, I suggest you move on. //end alert Several months back, when the little man was about to graduate from daycare, I set out to find the best possible pre-school environment [...]