A happy response to this earlier photo, a kind of a before picture.

Early morning dance, Berkeley, CA.

Okay I couldn’t leave well enough alone. So, for your edificiation:

(a) A link to where you can get your very own such-a hat & robe (the one on the right). The oddly unsettling thing is the feature at the bottom of the page where you get to see what other items folks [...]

[A slice of Saul Steinberg's endlessly riffed upon 1976 New Yorker cover, in which he depcits the westerly view through the prism of a stereotypically myopic New Yorker. Or, depending on your vantage point, through a good clear set of binocs. Nice little bit on it here on strange maps.]
Those of you who [...]

Improv bonnet, Berkeley, CA.

Look at that lil’ beefcake. He knows he’s got me right there, in the palm of his tiny hand.
Love him so much it drives me up a tree. Did so from jump. Can’t begin to figure out how the lack of my biological connection is diminishing this love. Can’t begin to [...]

Two blogular compatriots have been nominated and are currently slogging for votes in the Blogger’s Choice Awards: The Other Mother for “Best Parenting Blog” and “Best Political Blog,” and Looky, Daddy!, for “Hottest Daddy Blog” and “Best Parenting Blog.” Thank heavens each one is up for one award that the other isn’t up for, [...]

Dana over at Mombian reminded me, in one of her posts yesterday, that April 18 is the National Day of Silence. Now jointly supported by The Gay Lesbian Straight Education’ Network (GLSN) and the United States Student Association, the event began in 1996 at the University of Virginia.
The Day of Silence is [...]