There something wrong with the wee man of the house. I may have alluded to it before, or wrote in all caps about the YOWLING FOR FOOD, the soul-crushing wailing that makes an appearance at 3, 4, 5, 5:30, and 6 am. Bug wants to eat all the time. Short of filming him, or documenting [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Upward slope
01.15.10 –
I must find something to make this winter tolerable. It will be 50 today, something of a reprieve, but let’s not break out the bikinis just yet. The temperature will drop again next week, say my trusted sources at NBC4, and I will return to the mode of not wanting to grocery shop, not wanting [...]
Mark McGwire and Me
01.13.10 –
You’re up 1.2 pounds.
I wanted to choke the woman behind the table. This was not possible, I thought, not possible because I’d stuck to the plan, even when I’d been drinking, even when I ate a quarter of my points in popcorn one night at 11 pm. I’d avoided margaritas and steered clear of the [...]