Hi, all. Sorry about not posting yesterday. Tired and hot will be my official excuse. It will be hot around here for the next several days, so I think we will be huddling as much as possible around the air conditioner. And with all this hot, muggy weather (the mugginess will pass soon, according to […]

After we saw the Muppet exhibit at the EMP/Science Fiction Museum, I realized that I had made a tactical error. Once we’d seen all there was to see at the exhibit, we came home and THEN started watching Muppet Show DVDs. As a result, Tad is now totally hooked on the Muppets, and is especially […]

Ane absolutely LOVES any and all Food Network competitions involving cake or candy. And yes, I have been known to tape them so she can watch them with me (they sometimes air after her bedtime). So she has it in her head that I could be in one of the competitions. Um, no. Last night, […]

So, it’s official now. Jon and Kate Gosselin are separating. This provokes several opinions from me. My first opinion is that this show, and these parents, are in need of a good, old-fashioned shaming and shunning, Mennonite-style. People must stop watching the show, period. And write to Discovery (parent channel of TLC) and say that […]