What Calvin Ate...

Well for some reason last spring (or summer?), when he was well over 6 years old, and certainly knew better, my youngest child Calvin decided to swallow this smooth, magnetic marble. It was part of one of his toy sets. It took a full eight days for it to pass through his system and land in the toilet with a heavy and relieving kerr-plunk. It caused no adverse effects because it was small and smooth. I thought of it when I read about Jorge Garcia's recent ordeal when his puppy ate a staple. Thank the Lord his pup is OK - their situation was quite serious. Ohh, how our little ones worry us sometimes. Below is the picture of it, which I sterilized in bleach, and then put in a bag. It's tarnished now. Haha. The key and the penny are just for a size reference.

"Classic" Punk Rock

I took a look at Jorge Garcia's blog, and found a gem of an old punk rock song I hadn't thought about in YEARS. Then just like the little mouse who's given a cookie in one of the kid's beloved storybooks, I was off on a classic punk rock song hunt, one song reminding me to look for another! So here's something I just threw together while doing housework. I wanted to keep it from the classic era ( late 70's early 80's) and the stuff that was genre-blending and and some even getting airplay in the mainstream. I wanted to keep it a little diverse, a little ska, a little English, a little NY, a little LA, a little mod, well, you get the picture.

Dig these grooves, baby!

How I Eat A Cupcake

I was a child's Birthday Party this weekend an ate my cupcake in my preferred fashion. I would describe it myself, but blogging actor Jorge Garcia has it nicely described and illustrated HERE on his old blog, so go over there and check it out. I was delighted when I read his entry several months ago and discovered that I was not the only one who does this. I kinda just started doing it on my own a few years ago. I especially like to do it with bakery made cupcakes as opposed to homemade ones. The bakery ones usually have more frosting and by making my cupcake into a sandwich, it seems to balance out the sweetness for me. If you try it and like it, let me know.


cupcake photo by shilelle