category: Humor
A Tale of Two Sisters in Overalls, Part III
August 10, 2010"Continued from A Tale of Two Sisters in Overalls, Part II. . . I got a flat north of Nashville. So, when my tire blew out, and my sister was right in front of me, she didn’t happen to see me swerve across three lanes of traffic and into the emergency lane. She just looked [...]"
A Tale of Two Sisters in Overalls, Part II
August 09, 2010"Continued from A Tale of Two Sisters in Overalls, Part I . . . Have you ever been to East St. Louis? I hadn’t either. First of all, it’s not in St. Louis, which is in Missouri. (I smart.) It’s in Illinois. I am so serious. (You know you didn’t know that either.) Secondly, all you [...]"
A Tale of Two Sisters in Overalls
August 08, 2010"It was the summer of 1998. I can still remember it like it was yesterday, even though it was pre-Todd, pre-Rollie and Tiller, Pre-Quint and Simon, and Scully. Hard to imagine that now. My sister was my best friend. No one else even came close, except maybe that boy. We were parting ways. He was off [...]"
Creepy
August 04, 2010"I was tucking Tiller in tonight and she called out to me. “Mama! Come close my closet door!” I sighed, went back in, like every other night I tuck her in, and closed the closet door. “Why do you want me to close the closet door?” “It scares me.” “Why does it scare you? You know there is nothing [...]"
Kids are funny
July 22, 2010" I told the kids to put on their bathing suits, get their goggles and towels, and get in the car. “we’re going down to meet your dad at a studio, going by Goodwill, then going straight to the pool,” I said. So, that’s how I found myself on 85South, all three of us singing [...]"
We Don’t Smell Other People’s Bottoms
July 08, 2010"I overhear Rollie telling Tiller “Smell my finger.” Having been friends with more boys than girls along the way, all sorts of alarms went off in my head, backed by a “Master of Puppets” soundtrack. (’m looking at you. You know who you are. Coming out of your girlfriend’s house, when you went in to “see [...]"
It Was Totally Me
May 24, 2010"First of all, why do i always start my period when I am going to the beach??? WHY?! Secondly, the movie Whip It was fucking awesome and I want to make out with Drew Barrymore for producing awesome chick movies. Thirdly, Yes. That was me. The one who tried to smush down the recycling in the [...]"
Busy as Hell Bee
April 21, 2010"We have been spending a lot of time at the baseball fields this spring. Rollie has a game and two practices a week. And then there is tiller’s Tiny Tykes practice every Sunday. And Todd’s new job with BBDO. (Speaking of, have you seen Todd’s previous work? He has a site.) So, what we have [...]"
Why Fathers Should Not Take Sons to the Barber Shop
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Tiller’s Latest Song
April 13, 2010"Rollie likes to invent wind machines to scare people. Tiller likes to make up songs. I am not kidding when I say that my jaw often drops at the inventiveness of her lyrics. This latest song was performed on my patio yesterday afternoon. I missed the first few lines, but todd and I are getting [...]"
