The scene: Tuesday evening at the Mendell household. Dad and Noah enter stage left, walk through the kitchen and peer into the family room. Noah: Why is Mom lying on the floor? Dad: I think she may have hit the wall. Noah: The dog is lying on top of her. Dad: Good dog. If you [...]
This past weekend Chase proudly stood at third base for the Minor League Marlins. The team was short a few players so he was called in from his regular position in right field to get a taste of the action. Dave usually mans these games and I try to make most of them, but this [...]
I think the Swine Flu outbreak has been over hyped, but I can’t be sure. On one hoof, they are using scary words like “pandemic” and “state of emergency”. But on the other hoof, the deaths in the US are almost non-existent (and so far not local) and patients are responding well to treatment. Should [...]
At the risk of alienating some of the more important people in my life including my husband, my boss, most of the venture capitalists who I dutifully represent on a daily basis, many of my closest friends, a number of fellow bloggers, surely a good percentage of MoB readers, and I think Jennifer, I would [...]
I ran my first 5K race this weekend. I had exhausted all the reasons not to officially embark upon a few trial runs before the Philly Women’s Triathlon coming up in July. This race was so local I could almost walk there; the day was beautiful; and you could register up until 10 seconds before the gun [...]
To: The Somali Pirates From: MothersofBrothers PR Consulting Group Subject: Rebranding Campaign for 2009 On behalf of the MoB, thank you for the opportunity to provide you with totally unsolicited PR advice regarding your image and brand recognition needs going forward. Based upon recent developments, we believe you have an excellent opportunity to put forth a strong [...]
Blogging is a strange experience if for no other reason than people seem to know a lot about you. Or at least they think they do. But truth be told, you can’t really know what is really going on with me or Jennifer because there simply isn’t enough space (or the attention span) to offer [...]
I believe it was my brother-in-law who once told me that every Jewish holiday can be summed up in nine words: They tried to kill us. We won. Let’s eat. Passover, which we are currently on day 5 of 7, is no exception. It is one of my favorite Jewish holidays as it is so [...]
(Continued from Tuesday) When last I left you MoB readers, I was standing outside my bathroom listening to Chase do his best rendition of Let My People Go in the shower. I was then overcome with a horrible sense that Dave and I had just made an irreversible decision that would change us all. Thanks [...]
It all came crashing down. Twice. The night before last, I was putting Chase to bed when Noah appeared. “Mom, my ENTIRE bookcase just fell off the dresser.” I hadn’t heard a thing. So I do what a lot of Moms do in these situations. I asked a series of incredulous questions all at once. “Just [...]
