Why You Might Want to Ask a Few People What They Think of Your Potential Baby Name

At the park today I met a little girl who I thought at first was named Cheryl.  Cheryl, I thought, there’s a name you don’t hear very often, especially not on two year olds.
But then, as her parents extolled the virtues of their preschool and how glad they were that the two year old class [...]

Complete and Total Panic, but No Crying Yet

I am in a complete panic.  This is the irrational stage of panic, where I’m just panicked in complete disproportion to the actual need to panic.  I mean, the Shill and I got a lot accomplished.  My room is about three boxes away from being done, if that.  The downstairs is about half done and [...]