This song. Is. So. Funny. It makes me laugh so hard I cannot breathe. When it first came out last year, it made the rounds of all the techies I know, but just in case …

Some time in the next few months a cute puppy like this will be arriving at the Plain household. For my 10th birthday I was given a Border Collie puppy. She was a great dog …

I am the number one search result for pee blog. Hot damn!

To mark the end of Delurking Week, I did the drawing for the delurked winner of the book “Tears of a Giraffe.” It is late afternoon here, but I need some coffee or something since …

We’re back at the ‘eye patching’ part of the program to treat Chip’s eye. After his cataract surgery he got to have some time off to heal and rest, but now we have to get …

Upon our return, via an equally uneventful 13 hour drive home, I put off doing the mountain of laundry we had accumulated. When I finally got to it, it had grown to an epic size. …

This morning I politely told Chip to stop poking every button on the TiVO. Silly me, I should have known better. His response was accompanied by a dismissive hand-gesture, a pissed-off foot-stomp, a chimp-like chest-thump, …

“You might want to ask a friend to help hold the cat.“

In Karrie’s hilarious rendering of her annual exam she linked to a Harvard study that starts with:
No matter how many pelvic examinations a woman has, it’s unlikely she’ll ever feel at ease about being asked …

I know, it is already the 9th and I haven’t yet done the first contest of 2007. So here it is! Win your very own copy of “Tears of the Giraffe” by Alexander McCall Smith. …

As much as I hatehatehate the first 2 weeks of the South Beach Diet, it really does work for me. I’m on day 7 and have lost 6 pounds. I really appreciate a diet that …

My 2 oldest are eligible to start kindergarten in September, so I went online to get the forms required to get them signed up. Realistically, Robbie isn’t going to be ready since he’s got a …

You have not lived until you’ve heard a kid fart in a Bilibo! How’s that for “intuitive game creation”!
I have to say, though, that I get a little irritated by toys that tout themselves as …

I’m waiting for season 3 of Lost and season 3 of Veronica Mars to come to Netflix. The next thing coming to us is the first 3 seasons of Footballer’s Wives, but then what? Help …

All three boys are having incredibly hard times at preschool / daycare this week.
When I got to Mike’s classroom Wednesday he was sitting in his cubby crying.
Chip had hard days where nothing seemed to be …

Jessica is the mighty wind beneath my wings.