Monthly Archives: October 2008

Coffee Stains: Dressing for Success

Colin’s at his piano lesson and I’m noticing his outfit for today: Faded navy blue cotton pants and a cranberry-colored plaid shirt. It’s a nice outfit, except he has the pants and the shirt on backward. Apparently it’s Red Ribbon Week at his school and if I remember correctly, he and his school mates will [...]

Coffee Stains: Album as a lost world

She’s reminded me to put the thing away, but for some reason, I simply have not until last night. The photo album had taken up residence under the family room table for about 2 months ago when I dug the thing out of the upstairs “yarn” room (it’s the place where Lori keeps…well, her yarn). [...]

RNC: You had me at “palling”

I am incredibly happy to see that the RNC has used the medium of the Reagan era to convince me of…let me see…to question the other candidate’s lack of “caring about the country” because he pals around with terrorists Hollywood-types.
I’m not even told who to vote for in the mailer–which leads me to believe that [...]