Kangatopia

At work this morning, I received this email:
Call out Gouranga be happy!
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga
That which brings the highest happiness…
Just because of its bizarre, yet still identifiably, spam-like quality, I forwarded it to our tech support guy who confirmed that it is, indeed, spam – as he received it yesterday. Personally, I just think it’s really [...]

Just in case it wasn’t immediately apparent:  I’m taking a break.  I’m all out of ways to say things without actually saying them, and since I appreciate the quality of being discrete (even if I’m shit at practicing it), I haven’t had anything to write about that wouldn’t break the taboos that have been set [...]

Today is my baby bear’s birthday.  Last night Jack blew up something like 57 balloons to festoon the floor, we decorated the kitchen and we made cupcakes for both his classmates and kids in his cub scout den.  Tonight, Jack, my ex-husband, my dad, the girls and I are going to welcome Bear into his [...]

And I’m not ripping off the NPR show.
Baby Bear is turning 8 tomorrow. I can’t afford to throw him a big party, so I’m trying to make up for it by surprising him at every turn with cupcakes (school, cub scout meeting) and a family party tomorrow night. It also looks like he’s going to [...]

My job can be really bloody exhausting at times.
8am is an unreasonably early hour to begin any working day.
Getting up before dawn every goddamned day is not a healthy thing.
Today is St. Bridget’s Day (Happy St. Bridget’s Day!!!) and for me, at least, it passed unnoticed… again.
Maybe I should scare up some good Bridget stories [...]