Kids threatening each other in the age of quarantine:
“Maybe I’ll drink the last of the milk so we can’t bake scones or make tomato soup!!!” Continue reading “Just Another Pandemic Day”
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Just a Standard Day in Quarantine
The writing, acting, and directing in Dear White People (Netflix) is incredible.
Day 13 of quarantine: the six-year-old has dressed in a lion costume and the adults are arguing deep philosophy about what science -is- as if it were 2am, although it’s noon and no one has eaten
I don’t see why I should be expected to feel more guilty about sleeping during some hours instead of other hours.
The six-year-old asked to read my book, Otters In Space, and made it through the whole first sentence before being distracted by the fact that the word “church” is almost a palindrome and then running off.
Pandemic Paper Pizza
The six-year-old has opened a pizza shop. I gave them a nickel and got back a medium pizza and a dollar in change.
St. Patrick’s Eve
Less than a week home from school and the six-year-old has decided we need a new room in our house — devoted to building robots.
Today, Daniel and I have been together for 19 years. That’s more than half of my life. Continue reading “St. Patrick’s Eve”
Pie and Smoothies
Literally all I’ve eaten today (Pi Day) is pie — shepherd’s pie, apple pie, chocolate pie, and chicken pot pie.
The kids can keep themselves busy for a surprising amount of time making smoothies.
And then there are smoothies.
Covid and Goal
So, it turns out that we were only two days ahead of the curve, pulling our kids out of school. I hope we did it early enough.
Look, sometimes you just need to hug a stuffed animal while you sleep.
And other times, you need to hug three. Yes, three should be good. Continue reading “Covid and Goal”
Money Cap
In some old video games, there’s a coding… gap where if you get too many lives or points or whatnot, the number just sort of maxes out.
Money should work like that.
No more billionaires. Money beyond a certain point should just bounce off Continue reading “Money Cap”
Riker and Troi
I have extremely complicated feelings about Star Trek: Picard, but so many ❤️❤️❤️s for Riker & Troi and the life they’ve built.
I have their wedding picture on my wall. It’s so good to see them again.
Learning to Like New Music
My greatest comfort when life is hard has been — since I first heard it — the music of Brian Wilson.
But the more I understand and see the misogyny in the world, the less I’m able to take comfort in a man’s voice objectifying women. Continue reading “Learning to Like New Music”
Shows are Better with Spaceships
Opinion: shows are better with spaceships in them.
I mean, I love Grey’s Anatomy & Station 19, but I’d love them even more if there were spaceships flying by every time they showed a view of Seattle. Continue reading “Shows are Better with Spaceships”