bright things

happy birthday baby boy

2007-01-30T01:05:11Z

Eight years ago today, my sister gave me the most beautiful gift anyone has ever received. She held my hand, and gave birth to Ian James, the first baby I watched being born, the first minute old person I've held, and the first child that taught...

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QotD: Rubbing Elbows

2007-01-29T07:13:42Z

Have you ever met any celebrities? Any interesting stories? Submitted by Tasha. Joe and I were in line at McDonald's inside the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas. Just minding our own bidness. When a guy came up, followed by his large, black, body...

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lupita of the frozen tundra

2007-01-22T04:37:37Z

No, I can never give my pets normal names. What fun is that? This is Lupita of the Frozen Tundra. Lupita, because we were watching "Man on Fire," the night we got her, and Frozen Tundra because we were right in the middle of this long ass col...

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Vox Hunt: Got Ink?

2007-01-21T06:14:02Z

Photo: Show us your tattoo(s). Submitted by Megan. I have a tattoo on my right thigh that reads, "Craziness is Heaven." It's a long story, that I don't remember correctly, that mostly has to do with the fact that I was eighteen when I got it. W...

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the legend of baby elkhart

2007-01-21T05:43:27Z

Sometimes, I'm such a child. I know this, I accept this, and I even embrace it. I think one of the saddest things that happens to most people, as they get older, is that they forget how to play. I refuse to be one of them. Last summer, we we...

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growing up

2007-01-16T21:50:35Z

Sid is one now, Stella is five, and Ian will be eight in less than two weeks. How does that happen? I still remember how warm the wood of the porch was under my bare legs, as I sat there while Tessa told me she was pregnant with Ian. So how do...

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truth from a cookie

2007-01-16T06:23:50Z

My Fortune Cookie told me: You are dreaming. It is time to wake up now. Get a cookie from Miss Fortune

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new digital camera and all that

2007-01-16T06:21:59Z

So I look at the pictures that I took yesterday at my football party, and this is apparently the very last one. I don't remember taking it. I look more than half sloshed. But damn, did I have fun.

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as requested

2007-01-13T22:41:55Z

This is Baby Elkhart. The Legend of Baby Elkhart will follow, soon.

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the moment of truth

2007-01-12T23:51:29Z

This weekend will be a test. A moment of truth for me. Can I take care of all three of my sister's children overnight? Am I Super Tia or not? I've had the two oldest overnight many times. But never the bay-bay. I've babysat him till bed tim...

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