98% of brownies
Guys, I really need to talk about something dumb and meaningless. What's a universally beloved sweet treat that you think is just mid? For me, it's meringue.
February 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
98% of brownies
-Akkadian
-Group Independent Study on Children’s Literature
-Ethics of Museums and Archaeology
-Irish Music
-Multivariable Calculus
-Group Independent Study on Children’s Literature
-Ethics of Museums and Archaeology
-Irish Music
-Multivariable Calculus
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
-Business French
-Romance Linguistics
-Honors Opera
-Historical Linguistics
-Modern French Literature
-Business French
-Romance Linguistics
-Honors Opera
-Historical Linguistics
-Modern French Literature
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Elementary Linear Algebra
Applied Regression Analysis
Introduction to Arbitrage-Free Pricing of Financial Derivatives
Organic Chemistry
Introduction to Classical Music
Elementary Linear Algebra
Applied Regression Analysis
Introduction to Arbitrage-Free Pricing of Financial Derivatives
Organic Chemistry
Introduction to Classical Music
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM
-Akkadian
-Group Independent Study on Children’s Literature
-Ethics of Museums and Archaeology
-Irish Music
-Multivariable Calculus
-Group Independent Study on Children’s Literature
-Ethics of Museums and Archaeology
-Irish Music
-Multivariable Calculus
9yo just appeared and said, mildly offended: “I’m feeling something I’ve never felt before
I’m hungry, but everything I’ve learned, I either learned myself, or someone taught it to me.”
Us: “are you sleepwalking again”
Her: “one question, when he says ‘mah, mah’, is he trying to say Matthew?”
I’m hungry, but everything I’ve learned, I either learned myself, or someone taught it to me.”
Us: “are you sleepwalking again”
Her: “one question, when he says ‘mah, mah’, is he trying to say Matthew?”
January 31, 2026 at 2:32 AM
9yo just appeared and said, mildly offended: “I’m feeling something I’ve never felt before
I’m hungry, but everything I’ve learned, I either learned myself, or someone taught it to me.”
Us: “are you sleepwalking again”
Her: “one question, when he says ‘mah, mah’, is he trying to say Matthew?”
I’m hungry, but everything I’ve learned, I either learned myself, or someone taught it to me.”
Us: “are you sleepwalking again”
Her: “one question, when he says ‘mah, mah’, is he trying to say Matthew?”
Have a cold, left work early, snuggled up on the couch trying to explain municipal finance to people who are wrong on FB, while 3yo watches a kid vs adult gymnastics challenge on YouTube
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Have a cold, left work early, snuggled up on the couch trying to explain municipal finance to people who are wrong on FB, while 3yo watches a kid vs adult gymnastics challenge on YouTube
choices by middle-schoolers who just walked this path from school to the library, current temperature 22-feels-like-15:
-most popular outerwear choice: hoodie
-several wearing short sleeves, no jacket
-one tank top
-several crocs-over-white-socks
-at least two kids in slipper clogs, no socks
-most popular outerwear choice: hoodie
-several wearing short sleeves, no jacket
-one tank top
-several crocs-over-white-socks
-at least two kids in slipper clogs, no socks
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
choices by middle-schoolers who just walked this path from school to the library, current temperature 22-feels-like-15:
-most popular outerwear choice: hoodie
-several wearing short sleeves, no jacket
-one tank top
-several crocs-over-white-socks
-at least two kids in slipper clogs, no socks
-most popular outerwear choice: hoodie
-several wearing short sleeves, no jacket
-one tank top
-several crocs-over-white-socks
-at least two kids in slipper clogs, no socks
3yo’s daily commute pump-up songs: Shakira’s Waka Waka (Esto Es Africa) (English version acceptable but not preferred), and Pentatonix’s Daft Punk medley, which he calls “our job is never over”
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 PM
3yo’s daily commute pump-up songs: Shakira’s Waka Waka (Esto Es Africa) (English version acceptable but not preferred), and Pentatonix’s Daft Punk medley, which he calls “our job is never over”
3yo will only eat string cheese if we pull it apart and call it “cheese worms.” He just handed one back to me and said, verbatim, “can you make this one a little more wormy?”
January 26, 2026 at 8:13 PM
3yo will only eat string cheese if we pull it apart and call it “cheese worms.” He just handed one back to me and said, verbatim, “can you make this one a little more wormy?”
Called me into the laundry room and led me through “5 things you can see, 4 things you can feel”, etc, then dismissed me and said that in our next therapy session we would talk about things that I’m stressed about, how I can relax, and “listen to some soothing recorder music by a third grader”
3rd-grader is so perfectly 3rd-grader this week. She was mega excited about bringing home (a) her recorder for the first time and (b) her very own dictionary, which the rotary club handed out to them
January 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Called me into the laundry room and led me through “5 things you can see, 4 things you can feel”, etc, then dismissed me and said that in our next therapy session we would talk about things that I’m stressed about, how I can relax, and “listen to some soothing recorder music by a third grader”
Still standing! And the parking lot, leaving ice skating at 1pm
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Still standing! And the parking lot, leaving ice skating at 1pm
3rd-grader is so perfectly 3rd-grader this week. She was mega excited about bringing home (a) her recorder for the first time and (b) her very own dictionary, which the rotary club handed out to them
January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
3rd-grader is so perfectly 3rd-grader this week. She was mega excited about bringing home (a) her recorder for the first time and (b) her very own dictionary, which the rotary club handed out to them
9yo, who spent all of winter break shrieking about how annoying 6-7 was (when no one else had brought it up): “now that the great meme reset has happened, I can say 6 7 all I want and no one really cares”
January 19, 2026 at 11:49 PM
9yo, who spent all of winter break shrieking about how annoying 6-7 was (when no one else had brought it up): “now that the great meme reset has happened, I can say 6 7 all I want and no one really cares”
More ❄️❄️❄️!
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
More ❄️❄️❄️!
9yo looked at this and said, I didn’t know flip phones were a real thing
January 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
9yo looked at this and said, I didn’t know flip phones were a real thing
Remembering when my wife, who only knows emergency shows by osmosis, mixed up The Pitt and 911 and spent a couple of weeks thinking an asteroid was headed for Noah Wylie
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Remembering when my wife, who only knows emergency shows by osmosis, mixed up The Pitt and 911 and spent a couple of weeks thinking an asteroid was headed for Noah Wylie
Delighted to announce that 9yo and her bff are writing a book called “Fullest House”, about DJ, Stephanie, and Michelle’s grandchildren
January 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Delighted to announce that 9yo and her bff are writing a book called “Fullest House”, about DJ, Stephanie, and Michelle’s grandchildren
I’m told this is “such a “slay, baddie” keychain”
January 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I’m told this is “such a “slay, baddie” keychain”
The children climbed in our bed and practiced beatboxing, then went downstairs ahead of me. 20 minutes later I’m still upstairs and they haven’t complained yet 😲
January 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The children climbed in our bed and practiced beatboxing, then went downstairs ahead of me. 20 minutes later I’m still upstairs and they haven’t complained yet 😲
The children are brainstorming a NYE plot
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The children are brainstorming a NYE plot
Many presents opened, many toys played with already, strict trampoline rules (one person at a time; the handle is not a gymnastics bar) instituted
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Many presents opened, many toys played with already, strict trampoline rules (one person at a time; the handle is not a gymnastics bar) instituted
We’ve spent several evenings wrapping presents and watching Heated Rivalry, so all we have to do tonight is fill stockings, put things under the tree, and assemble a small trampoline 🤶
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We’ve spent several evenings wrapping presents and watching Heated Rivalry, so all we have to do tonight is fill stockings, put things under the tree, and assemble a small trampoline 🤶
I go to work, I pull down paper airplanes from the ceiling. I come home, I clean slime off the ceiling.
December 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I go to work, I pull down paper airplanes from the ceiling. I come home, I clean slime off the ceiling.
3yo had his own cart for his purchases
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
3yo had his own cart for his purchases