Archive for January 2013
Best of 2013
The first fifteen minutes of Clara’s birthday were the best fifteen minutes of my year thus far. Could someone please invent a way to stop the aging process immediately?
Read MoreImaginary friends make cheap dates
Yesterday I proposed that imaginary friends are becoming a thing. More evidence that this is the case.
Read MoreImaginary friends selling cars
I’ve tried to imagine what Budo, the imaginary friend protagonist of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND (who happens to watch a lot of television) would think of this. I can’t. I think it might blow his mind.
Read MoreClara’s infamous Christmas Day poop
We spent Christmas day at our friends house and had a lot of fun. Clara opened a few gifts that were waiting for her under their tree, Charlie got passed around from person to person quite a bit, and Clara had her infamous poop with our friend, Phil. At the end of dinner, Phil appeared…
Read MoreFour years old today!
Best four years of my life. Presumably of my daughter’s life, too.
Read MoreGuys as friends
When I hear a woman say that she doesn’t get along with other women and prefers guys as friends, I think, “THAT IMPRESSES NO ONE, YOU TRAITOROUS, INAUTHENTIC, CLICHÉ JERK FACE.” Just sayin’.
Read MoreThey can’t win. At least when the critics are stupid.
Coca-Cola has rolled out a series of anti-obesity ads that highlights some of the measures that the company has taken already to curb obesity, including making calorie counts more visible and packaging more products in smaller cans and bottles. Critics of the campaign claim that Coke is mere trying to enhance its image in this…
Read MoreI wonder if his children’s book is nearly as impenetrable as his adult fiction.
I’d purchase a copy to find out for myself, but it is sadly out of print. Amazon is offering it for as low as $98.97, but I don’t need to know that badly.
Read MoreChristmas morning. Unwrapped presents still under the tree. Discussion on the nature of 13.
I wrote about this back when it happened, but here is the video of the actual moment. In the midst of opening Christmas presents, Clara stopped and asked to practice her numbers on the computer instead. Despite our attempts to convince her to finish opening her presents first, I spent about 20 minutes doing this.…
Read MoreThere is always a reason for an imaginary friend
Someone invented Manti Te’o’s imaginary girlfriend. Whether he was the victim of an elaborate hoax or the perpetrator of the scheme, the fact remains: Te’o professed to loving a woman who did not exist. He had never held her hand, kissed her on the lips, or assured her that she was the best looking woman…
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