Archive for July, 2006

How to Be Pregnant in the Summer

Maybe when a woman is pregnant she gives off a vibe that suggest she wants everyone’s detailed comments on her shape, her weight, her food intake, her future parenting styles, her inability to mother because she wants to do some painting. Actually, I have to say I’ve been 95% free of those intrusive people I […]

What’s Better than 10 Horsepower and a Big Belly?

To answer a select few of the many questions emailed to me about the monster tree that fell on our house:
QUESTION: Have the police been able to identify any motive on the part of the tree? ANSWER: Not yet. We suspect foul play on the part of the wind. Naughty, naughty wind.
QUESTION: Can I help?
ANSWER: […]

A Tree Fell on Our House

We invited a bunch of people over to our house for an impromptu BBQ for the Fourth of July. They were to arrive at 4 p.m. We ended up having to cancel when the baby got one of those fast colds that seem to come from nowhere.
At 4 p.m. (when people should have been arriving) […]