Tales from the Tracks

When my son began taking his own diaper off and peeing in his crib last week, the Ex and I decided it was time to convert his crib into a “Big Boy Bed” so that he could access the potty as needed.
I thought that having the ability to walk into the bathroom would stop the [...]

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The recently proposed stop-gap for the banking and economic crisis we’re facing is expected to cost upwards of 1 trillion dollars. That’s 12 zeros. A whole lot of money.
I’ve been hearing a lot of (stupid) conservatives complain that this is a terrible idea and that we shouldn’t be bailing out companies for making bad business [...]

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Okay, I’m mad. I’m sick and tired of stupid people making stupid decisions that have tremendous impact on our country.
McCain and Obama are neck and neck in the polls right now, despite McCain’s seemingly obvious onset of senility, despite Sarah “Putin is My Neighbor” Palin, despite the Republicans lack of a concrete economic plan, and [...]

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