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Damn you LMFAO...
Started this discussion. Last reply by GreenLantern Apr 4, 2012. 7 Replies 1 Like
Agggh! I read this XKCD comic and then went to find out what song it was referencing. Then I watched more LMFAO videos and now I have been stuck…Continue
Let's all give thanks we didn't give birth at Jamestown Hospital
Started this discussion. Last reply by mcglory13 Nov 16, 2010. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Good christ - have people seen this horrifying piece about how the wrong choice of bagel let the state take…Continue
Tiny defendants
Started this discussion. Last reply by Floor Pie Oct 29, 2010. 16 Replies 0 Likes
Did anyone else see "4-Year-Old Can Be Sued" in the NYT yesterday? The comments are a hoot!Continue
Lost it
Started this discussion. Last reply by hermit crab Nov 2, 2010. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Oy, I have to teach Bosnia and Rwanda in a class I'm teaching this semester. I can't even do it anymore. I'm currently busy trying to substitute for my original readings something that gives the gist…Continue
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hermit crab replied to wookie's discussion 'Cleaning - the drinking game'"Is this thread making anyone else think of the Rolling Stones?"
hermit crab replied to bethany's discussion 'When you don't agree about discipline.'"Haven't had a similar situation because my husband's personal experience with corporal punishment was that it was too much (i.e., belts) and I came from a no-corporal-punishment house.
You're probably aware that there are some…"
hermit crab replied to ruth's discussion 'God.... how do you believe, if you do?'"Thank you, MM, for finding this thread. I remember this conversation and can't believe it took place three years ago - though for Sabine Louise's sake, I'm glad it didn't happen more recently. I'm so sorry for her family.
I…"
hermit crab posted a status"Apparently the bub's kindergarten has some sort of code of omerta in effect. Either that, or he just morphed into a teenager overnight."
hermit crab replied to Boring User Name's discussion 'Patriarchy and Boys'"Bad morning for work-focus for me! Looking at the XKCD forums I came across a reference to "bronies", adult men who are fans of My Little Pony. Don't fully understand the appeal, but generally gives me hope that men's gender…"
hermit crab replied to Boring User Name's discussion 'Patriarchy and Boys'"Love/hate this issue! There's plenty of "oh, BOYS" in even our anti-Disney, anti-guns circle of friends. And that, of course, is very lightweight compared to what the kids get in the larger local culture.
On the other hand, lots…"
hermit crab replied to guinnessgoddess's discussion 'Day Camp and Gut Feelings'"And are so damned litigious.
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hermit crab replied to bap2's discussion 'Oh Patriarchy is a Person in Your Neighborhood, in Your Neighborhood....'"I feel sad that the fact that I am viewed as a full, separate adult human being means that I must be living in a "liberal enclave."
It just explains so much, though."
hermit crab replied to Alan's discussion 'The Story of O'"I love this piece. And now I am having a Neal Pollack-like thought - there is totally a book in that essay. What resonated for me was the tension which occurs when the created and authentic, biological selves encounter one another - and how this…"
hermit crab replied to guinnessgoddess's discussion 'Odious Tasks... and Silver Linings'"We have the classic odious task and silver lining: selling a house that nobody wants (yet! Yet!) and buying a house we're so so sosososo excited about. Well, it's not that nobody wants our house exactly -- more like they don't feel…"
hermit crab replied to wookie's discussion 'Growing like weeds'"We've found a pair or two of Cherokee around here and those are a better fit. Looks like they might be at Target, now that I look online for the brand. Thanks for the reminder!
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hermit crab replied to wookie's discussion 'Growing like weeds'"We've got the other variety here. The bub seems to take after my side of the family with the fireplug-type body shape. There's no fat on him, but he looks like one of those early 20th century prize fighters to me. He usually outgrows…"
hermit crab replied to Joe Mama's discussion 'The dirtiest word I know...'"For toning, I've been very happy with the Muller system (reviewed here on Slate with the awesome title "Kafka's Calisthenics.") Full source here and digest here. You'll feel pretty silly doing some of the exercises but…"
hermit crab replied to G to the G's discussion 'Ugh. School. Kindergarten. Help.'"Ha! I have yet to see these consistently internalized by my college level students. Rotsa ruck!
My efforts to inculcate the bub with pro-numeracy attitudes included a heavy rotation of Schoolhouse Rock. Especially Fives and Threes.…"
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- About Me:
- still dissertating! But almost done.
- What's something about your kid(s) that makes you happy?
- Mostly everything. Especially when we've all had a good night's sleep.
- What's your most recent kid-related public humiliation?
- I think he's too young to humiliate. Two-year-old behavior is pretty easy to excuse.
- What about contemporary parenting culture pisses you off the most?
- If I say the judgment, does that make this a recursive answer?
- Who were you BEFORE you became a parent?
- A person without children?
- What are you nerdy about?
- Life. I'd say life.
Hermit crab's Blog
Breastfeeding Hilarity
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 11:12am 3 Comments 0 Likes
Excuses, excuses
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 5:30am 5 Comments 0 Likes
A dangerous time of year for grandmothers. And some funny ones in the comments.
moving/middle of the night
Posted on July 25, 2010 at 7:08pm 5 Comments 0 Likes
We're childfree for the first time in three and a half years since my parents took the bub for the night - we're packing and cleaning the house in preparation for moving in the morning. Several hours of work ahead of us still, but the house is empty and bright.
It's so funny to feel so light and present in this situation - nostalgic, happy to be doing this, for some reason. Maybe it's the novelty. Maybe it's because it's summer and I can drink as many beers as I want while doing this… Continue
It's so funny to feel so light and present in this situation - nostalgic, happy to be doing this, for some reason. Maybe it's the novelty. Maybe it's because it's summer and I can drink as many beers as I want while doing this… Continue
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 7:57am on January 18, 2010,
ks said… - Happy Birthday!
- At 6:16am on September 16, 2009,
Mamawho said…
- I understand - I'm trying to blaze through the final class of my much belated undergrad degree. And then on to my Master's. I figure it won't get any easier and the time will never be "just right."
- At 4:00am on September 16, 2009,
- So here I am, pining away, wondering where MM went. But do I check these comments? No. It was "the bub." Dead giveaway. :)
Howdy!! Nice to see you!
- At 8:28pm on September 8, 2009,
The Oracle said… - Yay! So glad to see you here. I'd been wondering...
- At 10:34am on September 8, 2009,
G to the G said… - Welcome back-ish!
Glad to see you around these parts!
- At 10:15am on September 8, 2009, hermit crab said…
- Tis I! I've been hermitting away up here, thus the new handle - however, I just decided that I deserved at least one online social network. So excited to be back!
- At 9:05am on September 8, 2009, G to the G said…
- the artist formally known as muttermutter??!
If not - welcome anyway! ;)
- At 8:58am on September 8, 2009,
Alan said… - Welcome to Offsprung!
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