Monthly Archives: March 2015

Comical, Messy, Enthusiastic. I Think It’s A Metaphor.

March 10, 2015 – 9:28 pm

Someone in this house is playing the saxophone — somewhat comically, mostly messy, completely enthusiastically — at 8:41pm on a school night and all I can think is that this, this has got to be some sort of metaphor for what my life is like right now. Comical, messy, enthusiastic. …

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Peeve #376: Bathroom Edition

March 9, 2015 – 10:01 am

I’m no stranger to the pet peeve. In fact, I have lots of them. I mean, all you have to do is follow me on Twitter for a few days and I’ll tell you a thing or two about cereal chewers and automatic faucets and sticky things.  You could even…

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FOURTEEN

March 8, 2015 – 10:35 am

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011   2012 2013 2014 2015 Sure, there are eyerolls and the occasional arm crossing and whines and door slamming and “you’re the worst”ing and sighs over science projects and drama because you are fourteen. But mostly there are smiles…

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