http://whiskeyinateacup.com Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:25:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every now and then people will start threads on pregnancy message boards with topics like "Things no one tells you about pregnancy and childbirth!" or whatever.  The main thing that seems to shock women is that they poop during labor...which, really?  You didn't realize that bearing down with all your ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=652 Sitting up:  my anemic blood drains from my brain and I feel weak, dizzy, and short of breath. Lying down:  the heartburn, OH GOD the heartburn! Your lease is up in five and a half weeks, little guy.  Please don't be early, but please don't be late. http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=650 While making plans to meet my mother for lunch, I suggested a town that's roughly midway between us.  "That's pretty far for me," she said.  "It's pretty far for me too," I replied.  "I'm too nervous," she said.  Then I recalled that my mother does not drive on highways or ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=646 "...coming out to others affords one of the few remaining opportunities in ever more bureaucratic, technological, and socialistic societies to manifest courage." -Richard Mohr http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=643 It occurred to me the other day, as I was throwing out a forgotten, putrefying cucumber and singing "I Hate Myself For Wasting Food" to the tune of "I Hate Myself For Loving You", and as Jared joined in with his own verse while we both danced around the kitchen, ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=641 Alternate title:  An Emphatic Protest Against the Movie "500 Days of Summer" On general principle, I have a baseline level of respect for movies that aim to tell an interesting story rather than just pander to the lowest common denominator.  Netflix always creates category recommendations for me called "Cerebral Foreign Dramas" ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=632 I am still alive, and still pregnant (oh so very, very pregnant); it's just that I am 31 weeks along and exhausted.  Also, a few weeks ago I decided that now was a good time to pursue an additional degree, and that Ethics would be a good class to take, ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=629 The baby's house is recovering from its second cold in two weeks and spent the night wrestling with an enormous maternity body pillow, turning this way and that to drain its sinuses.  Morale, however, remains high. The other main discomfort of last night was the sensation of the baby's increasingly strong ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=626 I got an email from one of the baby-info websites asking me to participate in a poll.  The question was "Do you know when and where your child was conceived?"  This is something that has always amused me--the fact that people think conception occurs immediately after sex, when it fact ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=622 On my way home from work today, the song "Lady Willpower" by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap came on the radio.  I was jamming along, as you do, when I was struck by duel realizations.  1) Every time I hear that band's name, I say to myself, "Gary Puckett ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=619