Monthly Archives: August 2013

Weaning, working, whining

It’s not exactly veni, vidi, vici, but it will have to do. My daughter “Pringles” is two. I let her have “nummies” on demand for the first 17 months, then preschool happened. I went back to work. I let her … Continue reading

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Defending My Ass

In a running joke in the film Defending Your Life (1991), the food tastes unbelievably wonderful in the afterlife and you can eat everything you want without ever gaining an ounce. Because that’s pretty much everyone’s idea of Heaven. When I saw … Continue reading

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