Archive for 'humor'
Popsicle
For the second time this winter Brian brought me a cup to wash from his car that had a coffee Popsicle in the bottom.
I might be Phyllis. He might be Mike.
1960.
Not too shabby.
Or, maybe 1970 is better. especially for Brian.
a plot line George Lucas missed
I showed the boys the dvd cover for Star Wars: A New Hope, which we would watch later. I explained who all the characters were and that the guy in the black costume and helmet was the bad guy, Darth Vadar.
Toby pointed to Chewbocca and said, "Well this guy will just chew the bad guy [...]
for my mom
The other day Toby wanted to know if Ellie’s baby doll with sugar in it* could come to the store with her.
*Pinky: the cherished, pink baby doll I had when I was little; half-filled with some sort of sand-like pellets
dating guru? who knew.
Someone recently found my page with this search item:
how do you help a girl along the way to liking you.
Should I start listing my personal dating advice? OK.
Dating Tip #1: Be honest already. Yes, about everything. Sorry, even that. Don’t pretend to like The Indigo Girls if you don’t. Or start wearing stripey [...]
Onomatopoetically
As a lover of words and their sounds, this site is clever and cool. Suggest a word!
trying to hold it together
Some of you have had the opportunity to meet some of the neighborhood girls. Next door are two cute girls who invade our backyard/driveway/front porch the minute we step outside. One is 6, the other is 4. Miss 6 is polite, fairly quiet, and loves Ellie. Miss 4 is rude, pouty, and a liar.
OK.
Today I [...]
from the plane ride home
"Look Mama!" Caleb said excitedly, holding up a barf bag on his hand, "I found a puppet!"
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"Where’d Anna go?" Ellie asked, seated next to me.
"Who’s Anna?" I asked.
Pointing to the black flight attendant who’d passed us in the aisle, "She’s my girl. She name Anna."
the fighting Irish
I’ve read and heard and overheard people lambasting Barack Obama for the way his name sounds. Some mention simply that is sounds foreign. Others like to point out its similarity to Osama. And others pull out his middle name and wave it in the air proclaiming it definite proof that he must be the anti-Christ. [...]
gross stuff people do
This site has some pretty funny stuff. Kind of reminds me of Stuff White People Like, with a different goal.
