Author: muskrat

Blogging

for mrs uncool and thing 1

My friend Kevin from Always Home and Uncool asked a bunch of us who like to pretend we’re in that not-so-exclusive club called “bloggers” to allow him to write a guest post in a bunch of different locations for his wife’s birthday, which also happens to be the day on […]

Travels

the maine event

Last week, I lost two sofas, a receiver, and a subwoofer from my mancave totaling $5800.  Pretty Bride lost over 1000 sewing patterns, a bunch of fabric, and a lot of other stuff that I didn’t know lived in our basement.  I spent a couple days ripping out walls and […]

Military

my 9/11 and the aftermath

In 2001, I worked on the 51st floor of the Bank of America tower, the tallest building in the southeast.  I’d been at work about 30 minutes when my phone rang.  It was one of my lawschool classmates who worked at Turner: she:  “Go to cnn.com.” me:  “Why?” she:  “Because […]

Rants

is it just me, or is this guy an asshole?

Just like last year at this time, I took Maddie downtown to watch the Dragon*Con parade Saturday morning.  And, as my Twitter followers know, somebody severely pissed me off, so I’m going to ask you, dear reader, if I’m overreacting or in the wrong here. After driving around downtown for […]

Baby

conveniently omitted from the “what to expect” books: the daughter who sings to her vagina.

Maddie calls her private parts her “bottom.”  I’m not sure how this practice began.  I certainly don’t talk to her about her female parts–that’s her mommy’s job.  Like disciplining her, cooking for her, clothing her, and telling her “no.” Tonight when I got home from work and walked upstairs to […]

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