More Uses For Babies, Footwear Edition
Some years ago my husband gave me a pair of slippers for Christmas, shaped like puppies – puppies in whose nether orifices one was supposed to stick one’s feet – and he was pretty pleased with himself for having thought of such an awesome gift, because, as he reminded me, I had “always wanted a [...]
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 [...]
From The Basement: A Letter To Myself
Posted by Connie. To Me, present and future… I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to write this blog, but I can’t figure it out, so if it sounds more like a rant and less like well-composed intelligent thought, that’s why. In my life, I have always had a problem. What is that [...]
From The Holy Crap Files: Six-Week-Old Infant Survives Bizarre Highway Accident
It’s something that I’m sure any parent who drives a vehicle has worried about at one point or another: getting in to an accident while your kids are in the car with you. Imagine, then, the horror of watching your newborn son fly out of your vehicle and shoot down the side of the highway [...]
From The MamaPop Files: Bad Moms Love The Slow Walk
It’s like the slow clap, but not really, and wouldn’t you know? It’s best demonstrated by Robert Pattinson-as-sparklicious-Edward in the Twilight series. That’s right, Edward, honey. Walk slow. Walk reeeeal slow. Just like that. Yeah. Slow like that. Oh yeah. *ahem* You can weigh in on the debate – SLOW: WIN OR FAIL? – over [...]
Since When Do You Call Me Shauna?
Over the years I’ve learned some things from my teenagers. Besides being extremely annoying and narcissistic, they’re also acutely aware of how things “make them feel.” Major eye roll. I’m not sure if this holds true with teenage boys–I have the distinct pleasure of having teenage daughters. By the time my 4th child (and only [...]
Bad Birthday, Bad Birthday: Whatcha Gonna Do?
I wasn’t going to say anything here about it being my birthday, but then one of the other bad moms sent me an e-card that made laugh so hard that (OVERSHARE ALERT) I peed a little, and so I decided, what the hell? You all deserve to know that I’m old, and also to get [...]
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grown Up To Be Heidis
I know that this is supposed to be, like, funny and all, but seriously, it just makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. I mean, yes, these adorable little girls are play-acting and it’s all pretend, but jeebus murphy, I see a similar kind of hair-tossing and voguing among the [...]
This Ain’t Your Mama’s Squirt Gun (But It Might Be Your Daddy’s)
My son wants two things for his fifth birthday this summer: a skateboard, and a squirt gun. They’re two fairly easy wishes to grant, right? We’re cool with him learning to board, so long as he’s outfitted with a helmet, shin/knee/elbow/shoulder full-on body pads, and bound in bubble wrap before he sets foot on it. [...]
Smells Like An Awesome Rumor: Kurt Cobain Will NOT Be Played By A Sparkly Vampire
Oh, well. We could dream, couldn’t we? (Image Credit: Janet Mayer/PR Photos; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
