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Rules:1. Go into your archive. 2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to). 3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to). 4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions. “But they don’t put their money where their mouth is.” (original) via Profgrrrrl Please consider donating to my efforts in…

It’s become clear to me that Geeky Girl and I are on different wavelengths. Morning routines are only the tip of the iceberg. It’s true I’m a slacker mom. The kids are responsible for getting their own breakfast, getting dressed, brushing their teeth and gathering their things. I prompt them throughout the morning, but Geeky…

Apparently, people saw the speech as politically motivated. Imagine that. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Two reasons why I couldn’t sleep. It’s that time of year when it’s not quite cold enough at night to open the windows, but it’s too cold to run the air conditioner. So I started out with the air conditioner off and started to sweat, flip my pillow every 5 minutes to the cold side…

The noodly appendage!, originally uploaded by lorda. Thanks, Julie! Now the FSM can beat up on those fishes. Or at least noodle them. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

This would be good: Having turned the page on Mr. Bush, the country hungers for a vision that is something other than either liberal boilerplate or Rovian stagecraft. At this point, merely plain old competence, integrity and heart might do. –Frank Rich, NY Times Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen…

Well, I think I’ve found where it’s coming from. This article from the Clarion-Legdger outlines a possible plan for the Bush Administration to foist the blame for the deteriorating levees on The Sierra Club’s desire to delay a plan for a levee project along the Mississippi. Of course, it wasn’t the levees on the Mississippi…

First the important thing: Geeky Girl scored a goal! Okay, now the color commentary from the sideline. A group of parents, two moms and a dad, started talking about the hurricane. Between kids yelling and my not being close enough, I couldn’t hear all of what they were saying. I couldn’t really tell who they…

My kids have gotten along pretty well most of their lives, but lately, lots of tension has arisen between them. Once, Geeky Boy was protective of Geeky Girl, but now he bosses her around and generally tortures her psychologically. Geeky Girl, on the other hand, invades Geeky Boy’s space all the time and while she…

This is as representative of my completely varied and bizarre musical tastes from past to present as any. “I Call Your Name”–The Beatles “The Search”–Manikin “Can’t Get Used To Losing You”–The English Beat“Wondrous Stories”–Yes“Hey Mama”–Los Mocosos“Movies of Myself”–Rufus Wainwright“Keep Coming Back”–Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians“Just Like Heaven”–The Cure“Walk Like An Egyptian”–The Bangles“Ripple”–Grateful Dead random10,…