The Mommy Rant

This just in from the Cape Cod Times. The secret of eternal life has finally been found and it's this: don't sit down. "Men wh...

Dear Freecycle and responders to free postings on  Craig's list, I don't care about your life history, the non-profit company you w...

When we were getting on the ferry yesterday the ticket collector asked what that thing was around C's neck. I gave my best pitch (really...

It's a tribute to the universal appeal of the musical Guys and Dolls that the line outside the men's bathroom during intermission at...

Hey, good news in the in box this morning. QuickMatch Singles can match me with singles in my area. I hope they don't mind that I'...

They shooed us off the beach on Monday when it started to thunder. Ken said that he felt he had a right to go swimming in a lightening storm...

It occurred to me that Jerry Seinfeld is the 90s equivalent to Felix Ungar so let me amend my cultural references in the last post so they...

In addition to all the regular laundry that piles up in summer which includes two to three outfits per child per day plus bathing suits and ...

My favorite part of Ken's birthday party was when all the cupcake candles activated the smoke detector in Alex's barn. song: Baby W...

We finally convinced H to use Native American instead of Indian by telling him that's what Little Bear would like best. At the pow wow h...

Dear Ken, It could be worse. Ringo Starr is turning 70 tomorrow. song: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover • artist: Paul Simon

So I put up the tent on the hottest day of the year; then I stayed in it and read them books and swatted three mosquitoes so they wouldn...

The mini van came back from nine days in the repair shop last week and in addition to adding a new door, somebody switched one of the radio ...

I dreamt I met the President. He was shorter than I'd expected (aren't they always?) He was about to wear a bathrobe to a press co...

When the babysitter was over last week she played some kind of game with H in which he took up his shield and sword and fought his unarmed s...

You know how the teacher in the Magic School Bus series is named Mrs. Frizzle? Well sometimes, on days when I pull into Coonamessett Farm a...

Hey boys and girls, can you say hypocritical?   song: Hey There Delilah • artist: Plain White T's

C woke me up at 7:30 this morning to tell me he was bored. Not an auspicious start to summer. song: Boys of Summer • artist: Don Henley

Too bad. I was just getting going with song titles that have the word water in them. Who wants to drink from the tap now anyway? song: Sm...

A curse upon parents (and anyone else) who, after returning to their cars in an area with limited parking - like the North Falmouth Elementa...