Was blind but now I see
So I finally – FINALLY – got a camera. Although it’s not the final one I want, it is the backup I had planned on. I was so excited to finally – FINALLY – have a camera, that I couldn’t wait to leave the parking lot of the electronic store before I tore off the [...]
Because it speaks to me
You may recall how excited I was for the release of this. Not since the days of Schoolhouse Rock have I ever been excited about anything musical and educational. In grade school, I excelled at anything relating to language. Numbers were my enemy. Put a song to either one, though, and I was in heaven. [...]
Why Miss Teen USA got the question wrong.
“Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. Be it. Live it. Radiate it out. Peace is an inside job.” “What fortune cookie did you just open?” “It is on the [one of our portfolio company's] website, on their December newsletter.” “Do they realize it’s February? I mean, at least in North [...]
Hiding giants
As a parent, you are forced to watch and listen to endless hours of a form of animation, puppets or, within the last five years, grown men (and sometimes women) dressed in primary colors with their kid-friendly, sing-songy lyrics. Your children call this entertainment. You call this Chinese water torture. You act as though you [...]
Master negotiator
“Hey, Mom? I ate all my food.” “Let me see…” [looks] “…No, you didn’t. Eat all that food.” “But Daddy said I didn’t have to.” “Fine. That’s between you and Daddy.” [Takes plate to the kitchen dishwasher.] [Follows me into the kitchen. Stands there.] “What do you want? Do you just want to stand there [...]
She probably thought this song was about her.
I joke a lot about Mooter being the vain one of the family. All jokes aside – that’s one vain broad. As part of her Christmas gifts this year, she received a bounty of new clothes from her Nana [my Mom]. From the moment she opened the bag, and the high of toys wore off, [...]