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Black Friday Blues

“I’m buying a Mac,” She said. “That’s nice dear, get me one as well won’t you? And a large diet Coke please.” “No, baby… a Macintosh. For our little Jake. I saw the most fantastic Black Friday ad–” “Over my dead body.” “Oh, come on John, what’s so bad about Apple?” “Dead… Body,” I repeated, [...]

Finding red Mexican Mr. Roo

So, I think it´s a rooster, but you be the judge.  I´ll refer to the animal here on as red Mexican Mr. Roo. Some of my sketchy posts might be flavored with some spicy spice from Mexico.  I live here.  But, I only moved south from Washington, DC about three months ago.  Anyway, back to the [...]

Hi, can we talk about Pirates?

Did you know that this year alone, pirates have seized over 100 ships in only one area— the Gulf of Aden. I had to look that gulf up on Wikipedia, so don´t feel silly if you have to click through here also. Yep, that´s right, click on the link and you´re looking at Somalia. Reminds [...]

Children of the Corn

There is no fear like that of a parent who rolls over in the middle of the night to a “children of the corn” munchkin standing at the side of their bed, staring at them.