Archive for the ‘Yoshi’ Category

Diary of Adoption 2: The Home Inspection

It’s nerve-​​​​wracking to think of it; you’re open­ing your home to a state-​​​​licensed inspec­tor whose job it is to basi­cally see you and look on where you live, how you live, and pass judg­ment on all of it. I spent the day off work final­iz­ing things. I needed a secure place for tox­ics such as bleach, anti­his­t­a­mines and so […]

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Diary of Adoption 1: I Gush

So this is where it gets per­sonal. I got my fin­ger­print card from the state last month — it means there’s no legal bar­rier now between me and what­ever might hap­pen. I mean, my under­stand­ing is that now, if the adop­tion I want doesn’t go for­ward, it’ll be because I failed. I didn’t fol­low up or I did some­thing wrong, […]

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If I Had a Son…

I bash kids’ shows reg­u­larly and fre­quently attack reli­gios­ity. It’s easy for me to do that, since I don’t have any kids of my own. I can sit on my butt and the­o­rize, and I can talk end­lessly about what I’d sup­port or reject in my own kids, if I had any. I thrash McDonald’s, I smoke NBB, I deride and belittle […]

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