http://commadotcomma.net/blog on the omphaloskepsis bandwagon Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:01:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For my friends who are not on Facebook... http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/11/07/peapodigail/ The other night was lonely for me. We moved the baby from the cradle in our room to her crib in her own room. Gary was up late working and monitoring the baby and I was by myself sleeping for the first time in months. It was ... http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/10/30/537/ Before my own lovely daughter was born, I used to look with I-hope-not-too-thinly-disguised pity upon mothers who lugged their babies around in car carriers and giant strollers. I would watch them try to maneuver around post office queues and waiting rooms with their SUV-like strollers or awkwardly shift a ... http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/10/06/muscle-tone/ If you like pastel interior decorating, baby girl dresses, or round pregnant bellies, this is the photo set for you! Sorry, I no longer know how to post pictures to my blog so all you get is a link: Ready for Baby http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/07/23/ready-for-baby/ In which I struggle against the inertia of bored data entry clerks and poorly linked databases to get one digit of my birth date corrected at the health insurance company. Number of phone calls: 11 emails: 4 faxes: 1 agencies: 3 departments: 5 ... http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/07/22/the-information-age/ Baby Bangs! Just in case I have a bald baby girl, because that would be too terrible to imagine. I was a bald baby myself, and would have LOVED to have worn a synthetic toupee for my early months of life. I still feel the persecution of those ... http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/07/02/i-cant-believe-i-forgot-to-add-this-to-my-baby-registry/ Well, I'm in the final countdown now with the pregnancy. About 6 and half weeks left to go. Pregnancy has been really weird. I work very hard to create realistic expectations, but boy, was I way off on this one. Realism was not enough to prepare me for ... http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/06/09/all-wrong-about-pregnancy/ There are still a few more days in Poetry Month (April) to appreciate the latest and greatest from Unsplendid download righteous kill dvd , the online poetry zine I edit with some friends. I wrote the preface this time, which is like a FREE blog post. http://unsplendid.com/ http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/04/26/new-issue-of-unsplendid-3/ Copy and paste this into your own blog, if you want to participate. Then, bold the items that you’ve actually done. 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to ... http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/04/26/497/ http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2009/03/16/the-perfect-solution/