They turn up when you're least expecting them. They won't leave you alone. Sometimes you can't get away, even for a moment just to clear your head. They might even invade your dreams at night. What are these terrifying intrusions? What else: Internet memes. Currently all the rage, they seem to be everywhere in our... Continue Reading →
The Daddy Creed
There is a creed as old as time. Before the Renaissance, earlier than man has taken to the seas, even predating the construction of the great pyramids—mankind has never been without this hallowed canon. Belief has it that tablets containing the venerable words were brought across the universe to us from the ancients. Their consummate... Continue Reading →
Charlie Brooker Is The Devil
Always on the lookout for new points of view, I stumbled upon a documentary series called How TV Ruined Your Life. Written and presented for BBC Two by British journalist Charlie Brooker earlier this year, each episode provides an extremely pessimistic take on how television has changed different aspects of modern life. Love, money, fear,... Continue Reading →
UPDATE: Hot Sauce Mom Convicted of Child Abuse
Yesterday, the jury in Alaska who had been deliberating the case of Jessica Beagley convicted her on one count of misdemeanor child abuse. Now known as the "angry mom" from the Dr. Phil show, I wrote about her case last week. Beagley had given her seven year old adopted son some unusual punishments, including putting... Continue Reading →
Life Imitates Art: How Fiction Can Help Us Keep Life In Balance
If being a musician has taught me anything, it’s that you need to constantly adjust to stay in tune. Everything is dynamic; your surroundings never stay the same. It doesn’t matter if you’re aware of it or not. Even if you tune your instrument perfectly at the beginning of a performance, you always need to... Continue Reading →
Keep Buggering On
Last week was kind of a weird week for us. New to preschool and needing to strengthen her immunity, Piper had gotten sick. And thus we were thrown out of our cool new schedule we had waited so long for. Chores had to get shifted around, projects needed to be put off, yada yada yada... Continue Reading →
What Not To Do: Mom In Hot Water For Hot Sauce Punishment
How far can a parent go when disciplining their child? That question is now being asked in a trial that has been making the news this week. Jessica Beagley of Anchorage, Alaska has been charged with misdemeanor child abuse for the unconventional way she has been punishing her seven-year-old adopted son. These punishments have included... Continue Reading →
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