The Brattychick

...and probably my last. It took five-ever. This is a real conversation Jamie and I had this morning.

This is Dexter reading our Control Tower, which lists our daily events. "Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, January 20. We'll watch the inauguration of our first African American President today. Hooray! This is history in the making. You will remember this day for the rest of your lives! Burgers for dinner."

Top 10 Important Things (Good, Bad and Ugly): Increased spirituality as a person and as a family. A close second is that my relationship with my Dad became much stronger than it ever was, an unexpected benefit of lots of working and lunching together. Worst episode of depression ever ...gained 10 pounds, horrible wisdom teeth extraction (see below), broken washer. Still struggling. All three boys are making huge strides in areas that are hard for them, and were all placed with excellent teachers. Cole and Miles started new schools. I am the Parent Of A Middle-Schooler. I learned to like animals. Jamie said we can get a dog if the house gets cleaned, so the house is cleaner. 10 year anniversary . The "State of Our Union" improved. Halloween at Disney. Thomas left for college and never spoke to me again. David made the cut at DePaul's Acting Conservatory , seems happier....and brought us Melanie !!! Who I love. America pleasantly surprised me. Minorities and women ca...

I can't believe that this is the year 2006. Some souls aren't allowed to marry the soul they'd like to. People blow each other to bits because of differences in their peace-preaching religion. The feminist movement is moving backwards. We have only had Christian white men in the white house. In fact, it's mostly white men running the show everywhere. I don't have anything against Christian white men, but I believe in moderation and I think diversity in our leaders would be a good idea. White skin + penis = good decision making? Umm, in my experience this is not necessarily so. On the other hand we're so obsessed with being politically correct. Retarded > Mentally Handicapped > Mentally Challenged > Special Needs Colored > Negro > Black > African American Lame > Crippled > Invalid > Disabled We have to keep making up new euphemisms. Sometimes the word really does have a negative connotation, but usuall...