Posts Tagged: family

No evil ice cream cone for you, nephew

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My eleven-year-old nephew (I’ll call him L) found the designer toy store! I didn’t know it existed. It’s called Cardboard Spaceship. It is full of all things simultaneously cute and warped. He wanted everything in the store, I suspect, but strategically chose this relatively inexpensive item to ask for: an evil ice cream cone. We… Read more »

Go tell Aunt Rhody

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I was at work a little while ago when my housemate’s email arrived with the news that Hen died today. She was found stuck under a bush in the yard, and he wasn’t sure whether she broke her neck while trying to get out, or died of exhaustion as she struggled. He buried her and… Read more »

Holiday gift quandary permanently solved

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No more exhausting shopping marathons, no more white elephant parties. Swapping donations, that’s where it’s at. I give to your favorite cause, you give to one of mine: Second Harvest Food Bank, the Re-evaluation Foundation, Doctors Without Borders. OK, that takes care of the adults. Now, the twelve-year-old who already has everything!? That is another… Read more »