Ignore, if you can, my voice. This is the voice I use to talk to the babies. All day long. Every day. I imagine it will not be much longer before my voice is frozen like this and my “baby voice” becomes the only way I know how to speak. We are reading Baby Led [...]
You Can Buy Happiness (And It’s Cheap)
December 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
This is a review of our lovely friend Tammy’s book You Can By Happiness (And It’s Cheap). This book has been out for a few months and I’m sort of late writing this review. But trust me, I do think you should go out and get this book, especially in this season of culturally-enforced consumerist [...]
Some Pregnancy Books We Actually Liked
March 12, 2012 By 5 Comments
As we’ve discussed, the vast majority of pregnancy books and advice out there in the world is pretty crappy. If you weren’t dumb before reading some of this stuff, you’ll certainly be dumb afterwards. The other day, Dave started reading yet another book on twins. It started out being rather interesting, some historical facts, some [...]
Cause For Concern?
March 10, 2012 By 3 Comments
Here are two books that are being read in our household right now. One of us is reading one book, while the other of us is reading the other. See if you can guess who is reading what. I know! Aren’t we hilarious!?! No! I’m not nervous or panicked at all! Nothing to see here!* [...]
Pregnancy Rant Number Three: Stupid Pregnancy Advice For Fricken Idiots
March 5, 2012 By 16 Comments
This one is a doozy. I’ve had four months to think about this. And since we had very little actual medical guidance in the beginning (see Goddamned Pregnancy Rant Numero Uno) we jumped into the steaming cesspool of pregnancy advice early. There are, of course, a zillion books about pregnancy. There’s a mountain of them. [...]
Returning To The Library
October 14, 2011 By 4 Comments
I visited my hometown library a lot as a kid. During the summers, I rode my bike to the local “town pool.” We had a number of lovely ponds and lakes in my hometown, but they were out in the woods. The “town pool” was a brook that was seasonally stopped up by a dam [...]
I Read Books: The Help
August 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Help, a novel by Kathryn Stockett I have to thank my friend Nedra for lending me this book. I read a lot of non fiction, and I read a lot of “informational” books. So this book was a nice change of pace. I blasted through it within just a couple of days. I usually [...]
I Read Books: The Unthinkable
August 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why This was a book I actually bought instead of borrowing from the library. I bought it while visiting Manzanita from Ekahni Books. We were talking to the owner of the shop about tsunamis along the Oregon Coast (I’m not obsessed. I’m not) and she pulled [...]
Now Reading: Tomatoland
August 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit I’ve mentioned before, I am fascinated by grocery store consumerism. It always strikes me as a stark naked representation of our culture. “Don’t think. Just buy!” We are bombarded with constant stimulation to make us keep spending our money. We are all hairless monkeys. Going [...]
Now Reading: Denialism
July 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives A while ago, I snapped a photo of this book to later remind myself to put it on hold at the library. It seemed right up my alley. I don’t deny anything. I make a point to believe in everything. And I enjoyed reading [...]
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