You see this kid? I wish this was my kid. Orderly bedtime has gone out the window, lately. Lately, my kid has been clocking in at no fewer than FORTY MINUTES to get ready for bed. This is after I pry him off of the screen or whatever else he’s doing and send him to get…
Why I Won’t Vote Conservative, and Neither Should You
I Went to an Apple Store and Forgot to Get Kool-Aid
Why haven’t I gotten on the Apple bandwagon? Well, as a matter of fact I’ve been a proud Apple user several times–about once a decade since inception. But the straw that broke the camel’s back was an iBook in 2003 with a huge technical flaw that required its motherboard to be replaced about every 5 months,…
Parents: 10 Life-changing Movies on Netflix Your Millennial Kids Must Watch #StreamTeam
As a film school nerd married to a film buff, I’d argue that my six-year-old has already had a somewhat unconventional upbringing when it comes to popular cinema–we’ve plopped him in front of virtually every appropriate 80s and 90s movie (and even a few less appropriate ones) that we could get our hands on. Movies have…
Food Challenges: Hypocrisy or a Lesson in Judgement?
How a Purple Backpack and My Son Taught Me a Lesson in Being Unbreakable
The look on my six-year-old’s face let me know that it wasn’t a good day. Moms can tell. Unfortunately, I also had an idea what might be wrong. You see, I was recently gifted a brand new Jansport backpack. A lovely, bright purple backpack. It was part of a promotional package for the Netflix show The Unbreakable…
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The Littlest Accountant
Once Upon a Time, I Wanted to Write Books
In the category of “things you probably don’t know about me,” like many most writers, I knew I wanted to write for years. This was something that was encouraged, and even lauded as part of a familial tradition. My grandfather was a writer, although he was more of the historian persuasion–he’s actually responsible for a…