Kara & Michael’s Blog

I’m reading an article in Harper’s about Mitt Romney. The article is fine, not too interesting, yet. But it includes a sentence about Romney running against his enemies, such as “Hollywood, France and Moral Relativism”.
Let’s not even touch Hollywood or France – they’re enemies that are so far out there, I think most [...]

Today, I checked out an e-book of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by the infamous Mark Twain, or Samuel Clemens, as it were. It is difficult to express the pure delight I gain in reading this book. I’ve likely read it for classes two or three times, but it’s a book I come [...]

I am not as scientifically inclined as WoDM, which would explain why instead of having a specific day in mind, I have a general idea of the day. It’s been probably a week and a half. Let’s go with Day 10. I upped my two tbs a day of oil to three [...]

We gave Inari a bath last night.  It is somewhat disillusioning to know that statistics say she will live longer than WoDM and I will be married.
I’m a big fan of not listening to statistics – to the point of being illogical, often.  I chalk it up mostly to my desire to be in control [...]

I’m killing my last 40 minutes at work by writing an entry.
My wallet broke at the grocery store yesterday. I’ve had this wallet for a good couple of years. It was leather and I was sort of waiting for it to break so I could invest in a non-cow wallet. But it’s [...]

Update: Yesterday I took Inari to the vet.  The vet says she is perfectly healthy – no yucky parasitic things inside or outside, no heart murmur, etc.  I thought she would hate me when we came home, she talked a lot in her carrier in the car, and tried to escape from me several times [...]

On behalf of WoDM and myself, I’m honored to introduce you to our kitten, Inari. She is adorable, and slept with us last night, laying next to our ears and purring. She hid from us most of the day yesterday, but seems to be growing accustomed to us. Right now, she’s pouncing [...]

Anne Arundel County Public Libraries allow you to read e-books. So I grabbed a couple to read at work to combat my boredom, and one was a self-help book about ten mistakes couples make.
Before everyone starts freaking out about my marriage, everything is fine, I just figured a little reading never hurt anyone, minus [...]

Well, I had to count on the calendar to figure it out, but today is day 23 of my (Michael) experiment with the Shangri-La Diet. This morning I weighed 197.5 (though the scale was threatening 198.0), which means I’ve lost 6 pounds over the past 23 days. Not too shabby, and about the maximum safe [...]

I was reading through a livejournal community for mothers and the discussion of spanking came up. It seems ridiculous to me that so many parents are in favor of spanking, and seem incapable or perhaps unwilling to think about discipline in a different way.
People who justify spanking were often spanked themselves and argue that [...]