May 11

waiting for the (language) explosion

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Okay, I’m the last person you want to talk to about mother’s intuition. Well, maybe not the last, but certainly not in the top ten. But, see, I’ve been worried about Happy Fun Baby’s speech for, oh, ever, but until now he wasn’t officially a late talker. I don’t even know if he officially is now, but since the rumored 21-month language explosion never came, I think I can express a little concern. Not a lot of concern; a reasonable amount of concern.

He’s just not all  that interested in talking. Not like he is, say, in music, or

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May 11

BMI demystified

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Kate of Shapely Prose put together a Flickr slideshow illustrating the difference between underweight, normal, overweight and obese according to BMI standards, and just like that I started feeling better about my weight. I mean, it’s one thing to suspect that BMI is a crock of crap; it’s another to see a woman with a healthy-looking figure and see the word “overweight” above her picture. And here I’d been feeling all bad about myself for being overweight. Fuck that, is what I say. The so-called overweight women in the pictures? They look great. Normal. Kind of like how

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May 11

arr, says pirate henry

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The newest addition to the Crankyfamily is, as usual, a Henry. This one is pink, and also a pirate. Arr.

I keep fussing around with the Cranky Pals website and I’ve added topside navigation, so now it is ABUNDANTLY CLEAR how people can click buttons to buy things from me. This is kind of me, I think. I mean, there could be any number of people out there, desperate to give me their money, but unable to do so because of my shoddy navigation.

In other news, I also added the Yodel shirt to the lineup. The Yodel

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