I was trolling CNN.com for some interesting news and came across this nugget. The headline grabbed me as it would most readers. After all, what type of moron would call 911 over a juice box? I must admit I get a certain voyeuristic pleasure over witnessing other people’s idiotic mistakes because they make me [...]
In our world, “gap” is now linked with the word “year,” and it means Ian is taking time off between high school graduation and freshman year of college. We’re completely on board with this concept. What a great idea, to take a bit of time before leaping from the frying pan into the fire. To have [...]
Question: What do you do when you are facing a shortened work week in which you have a strategic communications plan to write, a book proposal to reinvent, an out-of-town family bat mitzvah to attend, a triathlon to train for, a band to go see, two boys at each other’s throats, and a three day blog [...]
Chris and I have something even better than a vacation house: FRIENDS with vacation houses. Over Memorial Day weekend, we took Kevin & Linda up on their lovely annual offer, and drove to the Jersey Shore to meet up with their family and two other couples for sea, salt, and sun. We are all-boy in the child department – an average [...]
Maternal guilt is riding high over here at MoB these days… Well, maybe not too high… Okay, I actually think Jennifer and I have come to terms with our most recent parental misstep… Fine, we don’t have any guilt whatsoever but we do feel obligated to recognize a birthday. Last week, on May 15, 2009, [...]
On Fridays, as you may have noticed, Emily and I write about something in the news here on MOB. I’m deviating from that tradition a bit to bring you a clip from British comedian Ricky Gervais because 4 out of 5 of us in this house find it hilarious, and laughter is a great way [...]
The following is a free public service announcement for parents with children under the age of 4 or for parents-to-be: Meet Emily. Emily was a well-intentioned mother with a deep, dark secret. It was so deep and so dark, in fact, that she didn’t even know about it until this week. Like many young mothers [...]
Lately, life has been a crazy comedy of errors. Chris and I (professional PR people) mis-hear and mis-read each other’s plans. “I thought you were doing the shopping after you went to the gym and before you returned the library books and dropped off the dry cleaning.” Headshaking. “No, you had the list and were [...]
This past Saturday I competed in my first sprint triathlon. As far as races go, I think this one was a little cushy. A cushy triathlon? Isn’t that a little oxymoronic? Perhaps. But I call it cushy for a few reasons: 1) It was indoors. We swam in a pool instead of a river or [...]
Warning: the following words may cause your blood pressure to skyrocket. Wrapping Paper Cookie dough Pizza dough Daffodils Bat-a-Thon Shoot-a-Thon Relay for Life This is not a jump rope chant or one family’s shopping and activity list for the weekend. No. This is actually a list of ways for schools, sports, and charities to raise money through [...]
