Sitemap - 2009 - Through a Hedge Backward

Ringing it in with food, family, and films (also, a snuggie that I got for Christmas)

Smarty pants!

Isn't she lovely? I'd go so far as to say she's wonderful.

Guest Post: Notes from the Sasquatch on the Couch

Once more into the fray

Christmas, done right

Now I know why Scrooge was such an angry, bitter little man

Noah in a nuthouseshell

Whiteout!

In which I compare myself to Amanda Peet (re: appearance, not financials)

End-of-year fanfare

Accosted from all angles

No, Aunt Bethany, those are Christmas lights

Super-secret Police Insider Information: The Truth About T.J. Hooker and Tips for Not Driving Like an Idiot

Spreading holiday cheer one insult at a time

Gadzooks!

Open forum

Superfan

Moving on

Turning and turning in the widening gyre ... Surely some revelation is at hand

Status report

For further emphasis...

Just so you know...

Important text messaging from Sicky McSickerson, who is clearly languishing

Results

Diagnosis: Man-cold

Inner city

Aaaaaaand WOOPS

Strange things are happening to me

Somebody hand me the Tylenol PM

And if you threw a (Halloween) party and invited everyone you knew, you would see the biggest gift would be from me...

A knack for storage

Hello world!

Perhaps eenie meenie miney moe is the best route

"Watch husband get sexually assaulted by random woman" was not on my list

Bodies in Motivation

Oh! Have you met...

The sad part is, it's only a fraction of what we paid for all that crap

A rare week

An Announcement

Today I googled "How to deal with a grumpy toddler"

Tuesday October 13, 2009

Waiting

An update

In support of the diseased

And now, for my 320th post...

Teacher's soon-to-be-very-slender pet

Active imagination

Don't taze me bro

"I'm like Butch Cassidy and he's like...Mozart. You mess with Mozart, you're gonna get a bullet in the head, courtesy of Butch Cassidy"

This post was not paid for by the mentioned brand. Although I'd be happy to take retroactive compensation if they're offering.

Does anyone know how to diagnose a broken toe?

My toe hurts.

An epic tale. One for the books.

PSAs Fierce Beagle style

I'm carbo loading. Bacon is a carb, right?

T minus 3 days and counting...

To the Sylvias of the world: How to bother nobody

Priorities

On the advice of counsel, I claim to have no recollection of this

I guess the fact that I can sing every song from The Sound of Music—in character—evens things out between us

Works in progress

Illustration Friday returns!

Book Talk Quad: The I'm Too Lazy to Insert Covers Edition

It wouldn't have been as bad if the setting didn't resemble Deliverance so much

The -ber months begin

My head hurts

The post of zero fabrication

For doing my homework, I will award myself one Schrute buck

The part with the hometown

The part with the traveling

We have returned

We have arrived

Getting back to my roots

Why didn't I think of that?

Chicago Dog

A spectacular Fail of a lunch break*

Straight after this, I'm going to go take my fiber supplement. With prune juice.

Want to know what I looked like on August 7, 2004?

An Email Exchange, or She's No Angel Either

My mother will probably scold me for this

And that, as they say, is that

Um, this is sort of awesome...

Yom Tov!

Believe it or not, my legs are paler than this in winter

The dresser's gold trim made the whole thing even classier

When the cat's away...

I imagine this is how Brangelina's children must treat them

I wonder if he tried yelling "I'm one of the Oceanic 6!" because apparently the Harvard schtick has lost its cred

The last virgin of our generation

I'm only posting this because, after giving birth, I have nothing left to feel embarassed about

Lesson: Leaves are never squishy

Seeing Foxes: Learning to Be

Did you know that one of my bloggy friends is a style guru?

Harry Potter Opening Night Synopsis. NO SPOILER ALERT

Unfit, or maybe just ill-fitting

Photo Ops

Desperation

Swimming

They're both quite sensitive

One of only a few things that I am Not The Best At

Into everything

Confused

Anonymous

Special powers

The Big Reveal

His endearing qualities almost make up for the 15 pounds of fur he sheds every three days

An Evening With Greatness, Part 2

Busybody

Exercising really is a mood lifter

An Evening With Greatness, Part 1

On shorts...of a fashion

Book Talk Twofer: In the Heart of the Sea, and Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim

These things kept me awake last night, so far is the extent of my crazy

Apparently he's been playing self-help tapes while I sleep

Declarations

Longitude

Book Talk

All you guys out there, bear with me. There'll be a swimsuit shot at the end.

I can hear you

If you're going to walk a mile in my shoes, rest assured they'll be comfortable ones

This morning she woke me up with this: "We didn't break it, but..."

Patience

Only four days in

TMI. Too Much Information. I used to say "Don't go there," but that's just lame.

I'd like a second opinion

And this is pretty much how the whole thing has gone

Things I love about Craigslist, in points

One of my more endearing qualities

Frazzled, in points

PHEW, that's one less thing to worry about.

TMM: Part 1

No need to call PETA

If you were wondering what that screeching sound was yesterday...

Have I ever told you how I feel about toilets?

A bicycle built for...the whole family, apparently

Loud and clear

Grab a few hankies before you go

And so it begins...

"Housekeeping, you want me fluff pillow?"

I prefer Snickers to bloodletting

Following Bill Murray...

In which Bill Murray makes 2 appearances in a post about depression. 3 if you count Scrooged, which is incidentally a known cause of depression

I should be a writer for Lost

A Northern Irishishm: Faffing around

Breaking News

A veritable bastion of knowledge

Has anyone seen my batteries?

How saving a kitten can backfire

Mr. Subtlety: Turtle Cheesecake Edition

Seeing foxes: Azaleas

A business matter

"It Is Finished" was her cry

This is why we try to keep conversation to a minimum after 10 p.m.

Let's not forget the policewomen too

A half-step is 50% of a whole step

I never thought it would happen to me

If the shoe fits...I probably selected it for you

Misunderstood

The boy has a lot of love to give

Everything You Wanted to Know About Being Erin K. Etheridge, Editor

Remember in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation the grandmother offers Rusty a quarter to rub her bunyuns?

I can't eat crab legs, though; the shell cracking makes me dizzy

A Weekend of Wii and Other Pastimes

My kind of town!

Who's my favorite Tar Heel?

Advice from some of the world's greatest sports figures

How do you fit Oscar Wilde, John Stamos, Calvin the cartoon, Tom Hanks, and Edward from Twilight into the same post? Read on, my friends.

How to measure time using a camera and a hat

Tomfoolery

I think he might have a concussion right now

And it happened before 8 a.m.

It came like a lightning bolt from the sky

Seeing foxes...er, horses.

Hi-YA!

I'm going to start vetting his reading material

An Original Joke, or The Beginning and End of My Career in Standup

The Big Reveal: St. Paddy's Day '09

"I find the mystery genre disgusting. I hate being titillated."

He doesn't understand the finer points of my humor

A real wally

Parenting brings a whole new list of topics to argue about to the table

All in a day's work

A dialogue on physical challenges

In praise of the humble bath

Decoy Drawer

In which, compared to Clint Eastwood, I look like an old fogey

It's only fair

Random acts of ralphing

Seeing foxes: A baby lives here

Not only do I look like her, I also sing like her

Apropos of nothing in particular

Redux: Seeing foxes

Waking up is hard to do

Can you tell I'm not Catholic? Nor anchored in time, apparently.

I was what the Irish call a "Granny Mush" or a "Ginny Ann"

Now accepting fan mail

A tale of two accidents

The Evolution of a Boy

The following presentation is not for children under 13

Part Deux

Now I'm *really* famous

My Week in a Nutshell, or How I Ended Up in a Nuthouse

The road to obesity is paved with bars of Dove chocolate. Creamy, milky sweet, melt in your mouth, heavenly bars of Dove chocolate.

He has my heart in a stranglehold

Still Small

Sometimes it's better to show as well as tell

Words from the President spoken at the National Prayer Breakfast

A Crisis of Conscience, Part 2

A Crisis of Conscience, Part 1

Blogs of Note

Baby Jokes: A Study in Absurdism

Fierce Beagle Weekend Edition: Breaking News

Not only are they awesome, but they've also embraced technology. Rock. On.

A Tail of Courage

Explains a lot

Keep Calm and Carry On

The Insidious Virus

A Before and After Sketch

A Haiku for Cody

Rhymes with macadamia

Hints of winter

First Tantrum: Eleven Months

Nashville

I hope to one day be this clever

What is it about celebrities that causes them to frequently end up in lists?

It's like how pinching can be a sign of affection

In which I present a strong case for ammending the U.S. Employment Laws

You can't always get what you want...or can you?

I married him because he's so sensitive

Proof that I'm a hopeless expounder

Self-awareness

A List of Things at Which I Fail

Please excuse me while I go all Oprah for a moment

Sometimes it's less a sign that you're getting old, and more a sign that THEY are