Archive for the 'movement' Category

Death to the Goodie Bag.

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

I’m starting a new movement. I call it “Death to the Goodie Bag.” Although I’m sure whoever conceived of the goodie bag concept for kids’ birthday parties did so purely out of kind-heartedness and generosity, the goodie bag, to me, has become nothing but a sack of small pieces of shit kids bring home and [...]

Just Say, “No Thank You!”

Monday, October 20th, 2008

So, now that my son’s birthday is over I have to deal with the aftermath – returning duplicate toys, cleaning frosting off of the carpeting, avoiding stepping on the mini soldier figures from the 50-piece army playset (You ever step on those in bare feet? It smarts!)  It also means writing thank you notes. I [...]