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CRAZY on parade

The Crazy Parade begins at 4:30 a.m. Monday - Friday. I fall out of bed, drink some coffee, watch the news, stub my toe on the way to the closet where I can't find the clothes I want to wear, I spend too long in the shower, and waste my last 15 minutes at home swearing at the hair dryer and the drawer that ate my eyeliner. That's the calmest part of the day. From there I'm on the freeway with the worst drivers in the world -- idiots who doddle in the passing lane side-by-side with the motorists to their right so it's impossible to get around them -- then I make my living reviewing some the strangest pictures on the Internet, which begs the question at least 100 times an hour, "What is WRONG with people?" I laugh. I scream. I cry. I go home -- venturing out on the road once more with the same idiot drivers who nearly killed me eight hours earlier. I'm greeted at my front door by two children who are so exhausted they're literally bo...

Lost in translation

I often wonder if I'm speaking in some off-the-wall language that no one other than me can understand. My husband and children for example regard my words with the oddest, glazed-over expressions on their faces like I'm a talking dog -- they're amused by the noises I'm making, but they don't give a crap about the kid in the well. I'll ask Jerod a straight-forward question that requires nothing more than a simple yes or no  -- "I'm really tired. Will you please take Ashlyn so I can go to bed?" "What do you mean?" "I'm tired, and I want to go to bed. Please take the baby." "You want me to bring her upstairs so you can lay down with her?" "I want you to keep her down here for a while so I can get some sleep." "You want me to go to bed?" "MORON! sit HERE with Ashlyn until she falls asleep. It's YOUR turn." "Huh?" Call me crazy, but it doesn...