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A few astute political commentaries from my seven year old

Last saturday, I had an unintentional hypocrite day. In the morning, I finally made it out the Anarchist Book Fair, which I have been meaning to check out ever since I moved to this city. I went with my seven year old (who had one of those days where she seemed ducktaped to my hip)Continue reading “A few astute political commentaries from my seven year old”

To my newly returned husband

Points of interest: 1) Notice that both children are still alive with no visible scarring. 2) Please remark on the relative cleanliness of the house. As you can see, when forced, I am still able to do the dishes. 3) Did I mention that the children are still alive? 4) There is a new garbageContinue reading “To my newly returned husband”

This made me laugh

A few observations

Titanic and the art of learning stuffMy oldest daughter did her presentation on the Titanic yesterday. She researched it herself, put it in Powerpoint format, asked me to correct it (actually asked me!) and even made tickets with her father that resembled the actual boarding ticket to distribute to her classmates. She did all thisContinue reading “A few observations”

4 minute post

I just spent the time I have to write (the whole fifteen minutes because I slept in for about twenty minutes) surfing the internet. Damn my RSS feeds. Damn them to hell. What do I have to say? Several things. First of all, never get your taxes done by the big green giant. It willContinue reading “4 minute post”

Seven minutes to post

And it better be amazing. Genius. If I could just unleash my potential inner blogging potential, this could be the BEST POST EVER. Yeah right. For those of you who are worried that the commuting anxiety alas came true, or that I actually pissed off the psycho biker enough to come find me and myContinue reading “Seven minutes to post”

Psycho mama, qu’est-ce- que c’est?

Yesterday, my daughter and I went on our first bike ride together. She has just learned to ride, and we thought we would take the bikes to go the video store. It was supposed to be a fun time. An empowering time for her. After all, this was her first real big foray other thanContinue reading “Psycho mama, qu’est-ce- que c’est?”

Epiphany on schooling

Okay. Epiphany might be a slight overstatement. But I was thinking last night as I brushed my teeth and pondered the math homework my daughter worked on that evening, what is this good for? What does school prepare you for, really? And I thought about its inefficiency. How many things take longer due to theContinue reading “Epiphany on schooling”

Reason Why I Didn’t Sleep Last Night

And no, it wasn’t an interesting reason. I will give you one word: COMMUTE. There I said it. I am nervous as hell. I start a new job today, and this job entails a commute of probably 30- 45 minutes each way. Am I worried about my first day on the job? Heck no. ThatContinue reading “Reason Why I Didn’t Sleep Last Night”

Tax man and phone-in radio shows

Taxes Yesterday we went to do our taxes. Since we’ve been in Montreal, every year we go see the same people- a mega chain that charges an arm and a leg and that hires incompetent eggplants who do not give a shit about you. They shall remain nameless, but there logo has a lot ofContinue reading “Tax man and phone-in radio shows”