Living


More Medicine

I know some religious folks who will bristle at Scalzi’s sensible views on family management and relationships but they live in dark places and if they are very lucky their sons will not look to be dating Athena:

And as for passing along the “the husband is the head of household” meme to my daughter, well. Here we pause for a long and hearty laugh. I’ve already given Athena permission to kneecap the first jackass who tries to pass that one off to her. And you don’t want to know what Krissy’s given her permission to do.

Chuckle! Read it all.


Enjoying Life

The Talking Dog Family and the Sisyphus Family attended the Coney Island annual Mermaid Parade. TD tells us that:

In the nationally franchised, branded, homogenized, sterilized world in which we spend most of our lives, something local, something real. While it lasts, anyway, something precious.

Our kids have grown past the ‘swag magnet’ stage but reading td’s report made me want to be there with them.