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Right now too sleepy to wax eloquent. Wax eyebrows, maybe.

Brain Sludge...

Cranky says...

If you light your cigarettes from the stove, you will, at one point, be walking around with only one eyebrow...

Why Gears of War is messing with my kids.

Today I brought the 2 older gremlins to their Tae Kwon Do winter break camp.  Picture a dojang that smells like little boy feet.  They're playing dodgeball.

My 3 year old evil clone wants to stay for a bit to watch, then joins in the melee.

She grabs her big sister, who's been hit by the smiley face ball, then screams

"MEAT SHIELD!!!"

I think we have to unplug the Xbox...c

Attention fellow bisdaks

Things are funnier when you try to translate ...feel free to add, my fellow bisdaks

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease--Kabuhi

Atopic dermatitis/eczema--Kagiron

Scabies--Kurikong

Premenstrual Syndrome(PMS)--Sapoton

Overweight-tambokon

Obesity--tambok

Morbid obesity--dambuhala

Hystrionic Personality Disorder--"O.A."

Narcissistic Personality Disorder--"K.S.P."

Borderline Personality Disorder--"Buangon"

Schizoaffective Disorder--"Buangon gamay"

Schizophrenia--"buang gyud"

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder--"nabuang"

acne vulgaris--gibugas

cystic acne--butihon

asthma/COPD--hubak

reactive airways disease--hutoy

sudden cardiac death--namatay

Alcoholism--palahubog

Narcotic dependence--adik-adik

Acute Conjunctivitis--piskat

and my personal favorite:

fibromyalgia--"panuhot"

GamerMom

I am slightly appalled as my son takes inordinate glee in blowing a Kantus' head off with a longshot rifle.  He is almost 9, and I can hear the peanut gallery of horrified mommies out there screaming "video games are sooo violent...take them away from him!!..."

He can't help it. we are a gaming family.  My husband has bought every console there is ever since the PS one came out. (he paid for it with his very first paycheck as an intern--before paying the rent)  When we first started dating he bought me my very own remote. So I could blast bad guys.My screen name is a minor character in Donkey Kong country.  I may have played every iteration of Tomb Raider. I remember SNES, I remember ATARI. I played PONG! for crying out loud.  Can I really take these games away from him when they have been a big part of my life?  Can I really tell him they are bad for him when I remember gaming when I was his age?  Can I really say they're all bad when he taught himself to read by trying to figure out the on screen instructions? (his first words? "Game over")

It's cold out there and my husband isn't much for playing catch outside with my son.  They have bonded over Lego Indiana Jones, Wii Sports, and occasionally Gears of War, where instead of teaching my son how to throw a curve ball, he teaches him things like "take cover" and "stick with me so we can protect each other","keep moving so they don't get you",They have gotten a lot closer, so can I really take that away from them? Some bond over football. Mine bond over games.

I don't know where I'm going with this.  I guess I don't want to take his games away because I don't want to be a hypocrite.  After all, i think I turned out ok.

Nice headshot, kid.Now go outside and play...