Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
This was in my daughters art pile from school yesterday. It's not "pretty". It's tough and a little sad but with a tiny smile and achingly beautiful. Just like my girl. I asked her who it was and she immediately said, "OH THAT'S ME". Of course I added the wording, but when I saw her self-portrait …
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I watched Patton Oswalt's new stand up recently. It was really good. I cried and laughed and shook my head and marveled at how he can turn his pain and laughter through pain into something we can all relate to. Among his many gems he did a bit about "I wonder how many AA chips …
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Why didn't any of you tell me about picture day? I mean we all had picture day growing up and have the terrible awkward adorable pictures to show for it, but come on. I remember the combs. The combs in the blue barbicide that they always had hanging around on picture day. Inevitably, my mom would …
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