Living in Colorado has its downsides, but I can’t quite recall what they are at the moment…
Earth Hero
Fighter (my daughter’s imaginary friend that pilots all her favorite toys) is named “Earth Hero” now.
That’s because a little while ago, there was a huge army of bad guys that wanted to “kill the Earth” (!) and all the good guys fought them, but then all the good guys except Fighter died and there was still a bus (?) full of bad guys left, but Fighter was able to kill them all at once with super bombs that were also bullets, and then he brought all the good guys back to life.
(That’s not a Deus Ex Machina, by the way, both of those abilities were already canon. Fighter–sorry, I mean Earth Hero–can do basically anything.)
Watching your kids learn how to use language and make art is one of the best parts of parenting!
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Married Life
My spouse: “I know we usually do laundry with cold water, but I think the reusable cloth wipes I’ve switched to need to be washed in hot.
Me: “Maybe we could put the stained pillowcases and hand towels in with them, see if we can finally get those all the way clean.
Spouse: “Yeah, sounds like we need to start having designated ‘hot loads.'”
Both of us, turning toward each other in perfect sync:
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A Needy Geek Seems Troubled
So… Those awful poems I’ve been writing? That I was tempted to actually work on? Well, nobody was able to stop me from working on them–and one of them actually turned out good!
Like, really really good. Probably one of the best poems I’ve ever written. (That’s not a high bar, but I’m still proud of it.)
Aaaand I’m afraid to publish it anywhere, because it’s about the first time my heart got broken and if a certain person from high school ever happened to see it I would literally die of embarrassment.
…which is ironic, because the whole theme of the poem is letting go of fear. So, I guess I should post it anyway?
I’ve also written some emo haikus–maybe I can salvage a few of those instead.*
*emo haikus are never salvegable
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Pride Stickers
Took the family to a Pride event this weekend. Check out the stickers I got from Satanic Colorado’s booth!
I’m open to suggestions for where I should put them…
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Class, We Have A Substitute for Today
Running low on spoons at the moment. I was going to have my “comments are back” announcement be today’s post, but then Chris Ferdinandi, one of my favorite bloggers, wrote a post about “Spreading Joy” and I had to share. Here’s an excerpt:
Yesterday, I found myself being extra friendly even when the guy behind the deli counter at the market was standoffish at the start.
He opened up eventually.
I told a woman I loved her anchor-pattern dress (because I love anchors and really did!), and found out she was headed to a wedding on a boat that afternoon, and was there to pick up a cake!
I’ve gotten so jaded and angry (because there’s a lot to be angry at) that I’d kind of forgotten how to have real, genuine joy.
It was a good reminder that I need to hold on to that, because fascism hates joy and spreading it is anti-fasc.
There’s lots more great reads on his daily developer tips page. Most of them are programming-related, but quite a few of them (like this one) aren’t. Go check it out!
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An Open Letter
To all the drivers who accelerate when the person ahead of them puts on their signal to merge:
I hope you get crabs.
Sincerely, Me
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Feeding Off Each Other’s Energy
My 5 year old is currently at that stage of development where “If big sis does it, it must be the best!” My 7 year old, meanwhile, is at the point in her development where her little sibling’s attention is starting to be enjoyable more often than annoying.
An unfortunate consequence of all this wonderful sibling bonding is that trying to get both of them to stop being rowdy at the same time is like playing the world’s least fun game of whack-a-mole.
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Emo Tears Are Measured in Angst-roms
I’m starting to think some of that awful poetry I’ve been writing might actually be salvageable with a bit of work!
Please send help.
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In Search of Secrets 
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