Daily Archives: November 24, 2008

$$: Chiropractor

Chi­ro­prac­tor — $35.00 Remem­ber when The Son broke his clav­i­cle in early Sep­tem­ber?  Well, his body’s been a mess ever since — as you might well imag­ine.  After all, he didn’t just fall and snap his col­lar­bone.  No, he tripped and tum­bled and took off large patches of skin on his hip and back and bruised [...]
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Is It Possible I’m Doing Something Right?

The Son is 14.  Despite the fact that he’s a bit quirky and prob­a­bly has Asperger’s, he’s a pretty typ­i­cal 14-year-old boy. Lately he has started draw­ing my atten­tion to TV com­mer­cials for iPhone appli­ca­tions that he thinks are very, very cool.  So cool that Mr. Even-Tempered’s eyes get all big and shiny and he exclaims, [...]
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Counting My Blessings: #3

If you’re just join­ing me in this series, be sure to also read Bless­ing #1 and Bless­ing #2. Today’s ode is to my health. While it is true that I suf­fer from a num­ber of chronic ill­nesses that range from mildly annoy­ing to mildly debil­i­tat­ing, I am not being sar­cas­tic or face­tious in count­ing my health [...]
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