Cold and flu season

I thought for sure all that Purell would keep me protected. Wrong-o. Apparently, I’ve deluded myself yet again. I figured for sure that a little anti-bacterial Purell on the hands multiple times every day would keep the cold and flu bugs from hitting me this...

Jonah crawls!…backward

The little boy is so, so close to getting this right. When will my weight loss plan of chasing him around start? Try as he might, Jonah can’t quite grasp the concept of crawling forward yet. He’s on all fours and in prime position, but his coordination is...

MEROL Food Tasters’ Club

Battle Ground, Washington Complete with secret handshake and decoder ring. Oh, and awesome Italian dinner, too. Maria, Erin, and Carol (MEROL) seemed somewhat uncertain as to whether today’s cooking get-together constituted the beginnings of a club or not. I had...

The Two Towers on DVD

Super extended gob-stopper edition. Short-form review: If you liked The Fellowship of the Ring, you’ll like The Two Towers. I picked up the extended DVD version (43 new minutes on top of an already 3 hour running time) last night at Best Buy. The Two Towers DVD...

Best 3-7 team ever!

Last time I wrote about the Steelers I said they had four big problems: (1) A porous offensive line, (2) a running back (Bettis) who was inconstantly used, and (3) a secondary that couldn’t cover my grandmother—either of them, and one of them’s dead—and...