It’s probably a good idea to bone up on the life and times of Flannery O’Connor before you dive into Ann Napolitano’s latest novel, A Good Hard Look. As a fan of O’Connor’s work, but…
Date Archives 2011
Everything leads back to Dawson’s Creek even the death of Steve Jobs
Last night while cooking up some tacos, my brain decided to run through old scenes of “Dawson’s Creek.” I have no idea exactly why, but I think it has to do with the fact that…
A list of animals Liam was not hungry enough to eat (and the reason why)
This morning Liam was hungry before breakfast time (the time at which we begin to awake his beastly brothers). When I told him he had to wait 10 minutes he did an interpretive dance about…
Two things about my beautiful niece on her 14th birthday
First of all, old-timey readers of I Will Dare may be shocked to learn that little Jaycie who looked liked this when I first started blogging is now a young woman of fourteen. People, she…
The joy of dippy eggs & books
Even at the age of nine, Cade is not a big fan of mornings. He’s better than his seven-year-old brother Nolan, who is a monster in the morning proving that shit is genetic because his…
Old Navy is trying to kill me
I’d like to say now that I don’t have a DVR I have to watch commercials all the time now. I’d like to say that, but it’s a lie. I watched commercials even when I…