Happy Independence Day!

And be safe!

Happy May Fifth!

Aarrg!

Just when it was cute and fun to be a pirate, the headlines go and ruin it. Shouldn't we be able to come up with a different name for these modern pirates? I don't know - burglars, smugglers, kidnappers, sea criminals - something that I don't typically encourage Sophia to pretend to BE.

Now I have to endure an inner battle each time she puts on the pirate hat and eye patch (and this probably happens more here than with most 2-year-old girls). Should I really be encouraging her to pretend to be someone who ransacks ships and holds people for ransom? Probably not. It was one thing when I could pretend she was just a harmless 19th century pirate. Their pillaging, etc. was far enough in the past that it could be distorted and softened with images of Johnny Depp and, yes, Errol Flynn. But it will take some pretty serious casting to make these current characters into lovable but messy pranksters.

Just saying.

God Bless the Irish

The Irish bring us lots of good things: Bono, Gabriel Byrne, Guiness, leprechauns, red hair, and the list goes on.

I just hope you're wearing green and dancing like heck.

Please vote, but...

Happy Columbus Day!

Workin' for the 3-day Weekend

I have nothing to say this week because I've just been waiting for the glorious nothingness that awaits us this weekend. Happy Eve of Independence, Americans!