Bad Photos of the Week: Long Live Education!
Being a teacher is a demanding job, but it does have its perks – one of them being, at times, grading papers. It’s time consuming, sure, but every once and a while a real gem comes along – an unintentionally funny drawing or spelling error, or a really, really wrong answer – that makes up [...]
Teen Slang Decoded
Are you up on your slang? Do you speak the language of today’s youth? I was at a concert with my (much) younger brother and some of his friends a while ago when I realized that I probably wasn’t as up-to-date on my slang as I prided myself to be. While we waited for the [...]
Little Thieves Plus Hand-Drawn Catbirds Equals Five Finger Discount WIN!
A few weeks ago, my husband took our four-year-old son to the grocery store to grab a few necessities (you know…milk, bread… wine). He came home with everything on the list (except the wine… whassup with that, baby?), and then some. As it turned out, while he was paying, our boy pocketed a $10 Bell [...]
Grade Four Student Teaches Disney World A Lesson In Grammar
A grade four student has taught the folks over at Walt Disney World a lesson in grammar, specifically plurals. While waiting to board the Primeval Whirl at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Hannah Estes, an elementary school student from Texas, spotted a grammatical error on a sign for the ride – one that’s gone unnoticed [...]
Motherhood, In Six Words Or Less: GO!
So my friend Romi – who runs the awesome mom-confession site, Truu Mom Confessions – has partnered with Smith Mag – you know, of those six-word memoirs? – to solicit six-word momoirs. For Mother’s Day, and also because mothers are awesome, etc. And she asked me if I’d submit one, and I was all, oh, [...]
The Best Take On The Breastfeeding Debate, Ever
You’ll just have to go see for yourself. I don’t want to sully it with commentary. It’s just perfect as it is.
Bad Moms Love An A to Z of Awesomeness
Yes, ‘Awesomeness’ is a word and that fact will become glaringly obvious once you set your eyes upon this alphabet of coolness. It has everything from Aztecs in Atomic Armour Attacking Anomalous Amphibians to ZZ Top Zapping Zombies and everything in between. So if you’re going to run ABC’s with your kid, why not do [...]
Bad Moms Love Proper Punctuation
As someone who abuses the English language on an hourly basis I appreciate all the help that comes my way. Lord knows I don't want to pass along any of the more common punctuation infractions to my child. I mean, one missing comma and someone's world can come to a horrific end. Case in point:
