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Archive for October 2005

insects in winter

On 25 October 2005

Last week was our two-year anniversary of what many people call “Gotcha Day” and what I have decided just to call “Adoption Day.” I'm not foaming at the mouth over the “Gotcha” terminology, but it does seem a little acquisitive, like your child was a prize you managed to snag with that big joystick-controlled claw, […]

missa brevis. seriously brevis.

On 19 October 2005

Nora has a cold, but it's the stealth kind of cold, the kind that only really gets evil at night. How wonderfully convenient for us diurnal, daytime-job-having folk! The only kid medicine I had in the house when the cold started was something called PediaCare “Nighttime Rest” (ha). I am not sure who was the […]

change his body's chemical signature before dawn

On 6 October 2005

UNINTENTIONAL VEGETARIAN PROPAGANDA Oh. Well. Um. Hey, you're not authorized to palpate that udder! What's that smell? You never let us have any fun. YOU, SIR, ARE A DISAPPOINTMENT A guy at my office went to Japan for a long vacation and brought back a box of snacks to share with everyone. They were little […]