true blood is knocking my socks off
Posted on August 23, 2009 - Filed Under reviews | Leave a Comment
Have I mentioned how much I am loving True Blood right now?
Well, I am. When season two first started, I have to admit, I didn’t know if I was going to stick with it because the first couple of eps were so…nasty. Horrific. Gross. Lafayette in the basement, Jason being wooed by the Fellowship of [...]
Read More..>>The Listener (Who-Also-Sees) gets a review
Posted on June 15, 2009 - Filed Under reviews | 5 Comments
I watched the pilot of “The Listener” the other night. At first glance it seemed to be a Canadian rip-off of “Medium” and “Ghost Whisperer” et al, a telepathic paramedic solves crimes. Yawn. But, to be honest, I don’t really care if an idea is a rip-off if they do a good job. Are the [...]
Read More..>>the incredible hulk invades the yurt
Posted on December 30, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life | 3 Comments
It all started with the arrival of a little lego Hulk, one of a hundred million legos, purchased in a tub from the thrift store.
” Mom,” said Luc, “Why is this guy’s pants all ripped up? And why is he green?”
Well…
Off to google! Where, like Godzilla before him, we found a million images, youtube clips, [...]
diggers watch tv, too
Posted on December 5, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
Luc is enthralled with big machines. Bull dozers, backhoes, excavators, trenchers, dump trucks—driving past a construction site these days causes the backseat to erupt into squeals of “It’s a crane! Mommy, a digger! Mommy, Mommy, a front loader!” A couple of weeks ago, I ran across an ad for a construction site video for kids, [...]
Read More..>>i am superwoman
Posted on November 13, 2008 - Filed Under mayalife | 1 Comment
Someone put cocaine in my cornflakes this morning. It’s not yet 10am but I’ve already made breakfast, milked goats, done a load of laundry, a load of dishes, cleaned up the yurt, made the beds, played trains with Luc, made a batch of chevre, ordered a new phone for my old dead one, and dyed [...]
Read More..>>the yip-yips do not cause childhood obesity
Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
[rant on/]
Here’s a fun game for you:
First, put a kid in a school desk for seven hours a day, plus an hour or so sitting on a bus, and then throw in another couple of hours of sitting down to do homework. Do that for five days a week.
Next, design all public spaces so that [...]
