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The boys are playing a game in the backyard which involves all of them getting hit by tennis balls repeatedly. When this happens, they almost always yell “Oh, my nuts!” whether or not there was a direct hit on the package.

I finally went out there and told them that this wasn’t something the neighbors probably wanted to hear all afternoon, and I thought the matter was settled.

However, now they’re out there yelling “Oh, my testicles!” which, while making me laugh incredibly hard, is probably at about the same level annoying-the-neighbor-wise.

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It Gets Better

October 4, 2010

in Life

This is such a powerful message for GLBT kids. I love Dan Savage for starting the It Gets Better Project.

If you’re gay or lesbian or bi or trans and you’ve ever read about a kid like Billy Lucas and thought, “Fuck, I wish I could’ve told him that it gets better,” this is your chance. We can’t help Billy, but there are lots of other Billys out there—other despairing LGBT kids who are being bullied and harassed, kids who don’t think they have a future—and we can help them.

They need to know that it gets better. Submit a video. Give them hope.

Beautiful.

[boing boing]

UPDATE: here’s a video submitted by Tim Gunn describing his suicide attempt at age 17.

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What’s this hat?

June 9, 2010

in Life

I saw someone wearing a great hat a month or two ago, but she was way on the other side of a chain link fence so I couldn’t ask her where she got it. Now I’m turning to you guys! Does this hat look familiar? It was made of canvas and kind of floppy. Soft-looking beige canvas, black trim, thick rolled edge that looked like it was a little bit weighted.

UPDATE: I never found this hat. However, I’ve fallen in love with the Sun N Sand Surf’s Up hat. I got mine here (not an affil. link) which seemed like the best deal. I have it in brown (love!), black, khaki (more of a pale yellow), and turquoise.

In return for your efforts, here’s a hilarious picture of a cat. Why? Because this is the internet, of course.

Thank you!

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I heart T Ball

May 15, 2010

in Life

It is the cutest of all the sports my kids have played.

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