Freak Parade

So about nine million years ago, The Boy and I squared off on the issue of his messy room. You all voted and gave very well thought out suggestions. All big improvements on my approach to dealing with his pig sty of a room, which was banging my head against the wall and muttering […]

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The Issue:
As long as kids have had rooms, a battle has been raging. Parents versus kids. Parents want kids’ rooms to be clean (or at least not a health hazard). Kids want the right to keep their space how they want it (to wallow in their own filth). Will a peace treaty ever be […]

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The fire is still burning about four miles over the hills behind my house. It is 65% contained and looking better every day. It hardly smells like smoke at all…and we actually saw white, fluffy clouds today! The winds are supposed to pick back up on Friday, so we’re hoping it is fully contained before […]

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I want to thank everyone for all of their comments on my last post. I have more to say on the subject, but haven’t had the chance. I have been updating over here and managing the interviews and all that goes with them here. Shall I find some lovely Muzak for you to listen to […]

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Some things I wanted to clear up about this post….

I, personally, do not believe that Jenny McCarthy is exploiting her son’s autism to promote her book. I truly believe she feels she is raising awareness. (Although, it is not very hard for me to see why many people do think that.)
I do not believe Ms. […]

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Lately, I have had several people ask me my thoughts on the whole Jenny McCarthy/Autism thing. To be honest, I had no idea her son even was autistic until it began being plastered all over People magazine and the Oprah Winfrey show. Rather than continue on in my clueless shrugging, I decided to look […]

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I took this picture of The Boy at the park the other day. Look into his eye. Click on it to see it a bit bigger, if you want.

It’s me! I can see a clear image of me in his eye! Okay, so I thought it was cool. Humor me, Internets. Sheesh. Tough crowd. […]

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The Boy is 10 years old today. Ten. Years. Old. Holy crap.
Please do me a favor and head on over to his blog and leave him a birthday comment. If you do, don’t forget to put where you live…I thought it would be cool to gather birthday wishes from all over….then I will print them […]

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So blogging has brought me into contact with all sorts of genuinely good and awesome people. In my writing about The Boy, I have been buoyed up by the kind and encouraging comments of people I have never met. So what I want to know is…where the hell are all you people in real life? […]

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The Boy and The Girl occasionally stop screeching at each other for a few moments and actually try to play together. One of the things they play is restaurant. I was invited to be a patron of their …um…lovely establishment. Take a look at the menu. Delish, no?

Don’t see it? Take a closer look….

You’ll have […]

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