My first thought was: Should I be worried? �A friend who’s a mental health professional says, No. Says I should be more worried if she’s drawing faces with no mouth, or no eyes, etc. Weelllllll, okay, I says, marginally convinced.
I put it to the lil’ monkey.
Baba: Wow, sweetie, that’s quite a drawing. [...]

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An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire at a Unitarian church, killing two people, left behind a note suggesting that he targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal policies, including its acceptance of gays, authorities said Monday.�(AP)
Tennessee gunman targets church over its stance on gay rights (Times UK)
Breaking: Shooting in Tennessee — [...]

What are you going to do?

My recent braggy fit about our daughter’s budding literacy might have left the impression that we’ve rushed out and purchased a set of kid-sized Latin flash cards. We are thrilled for her, and clich�-proud, and daily taken aback by what goes on in her feverishly active little brain. But we’re more tempted by [...]

Howdy, LD reader! If you were going to keep your thoughts to yourself this afternoon, great, never mind this note.
If, however, you thought you might have a hankering to engage in dialog here, I need to tell you that a mechanic is (or will soon be, or just finished) tending to the proliferation of [...]

Cup holder, Berkeley, CA.

Stop the presses our daughter’s a frickin’ genius! (Bet you never heard that out of a proud parent’s mouth.)
And we aren’t the only ones freaking out about it. I think she is, too. Just got a call from the preschool that she is on a hunger fast, and won’t leave the [...]

[Mega-long post alert! You've been warned!]
By any other name, this year’s BlogHer conference would be as big a deal. I mean, not as Woodstock. But in the same way. Which is to say, it was a Happening for those in attendance, something that helped to illustrate, maybe even define a moment in [...]