In response to a couple of comments on that last post: I am tandem nursing for the fourth time. All of my sons, in other words, have nursed through and beyond a pregnancy. I am a quiet tandem nurser, because it is an odd choice in this culture. Some people assume you must be a freak doing it for nef...

The next stretch of labor was -- there's no other word for it -- fun. My friend Jenny knew the midwife's assistant Janice, and they were chatting. I started to need to rock on my hands and knees with contractions, but it wasn't a big deal -- I was still laughing and telling stories in be...

On Monday afternoon, the 22nd, I loaded the two younger boys into the van for what I hoped would be my last prenatal visit. I was anxious, yet again. In some ways I am an unlikely homebirther. In contrast to Martha Sears, who writes about her quiet confidence in her body's ability to give birth,...

I can't believe it's already been another year and here we are with the annual wrap-up. 2008 was a banner year for us here at ASP. We had more unique visits this year than any other year in our history! We also had more successes on the military front than the previous year thanks to the p...

Kansans looking for home state props during tomorrow's Tournament of Roses parade can thank Bayer CropScience, a massive ag science company, for once again reminding millions of viewers worldwide that... Continue reading "Kansas in the Rose Parade: Same ol' Wizard of Oz crap"...

Billboard.com and the Army have teamed up to provide free music downloads to the troops. To get two free downloads of your choosing, simple visit the "Send A Song" Billboard site and register using a .mil email account. A code will be sent to that email that you can use to download any two...

Bob has a post up about our victory in Iraq. Yes, I'm willing to say we've won. I'm not willing/able to say exactly when it happened since there wasn't exactly an enemy to declare defeat or surrender, but it happened and our troops are to thank for it. Our politicians on both sid...

So, today I went to the indoor range again and this time I took Hannah and Chris. Anissa is my lone hippie and wants nothing to do with guns. So, as I did with Chris, here is Hannah's target. Because the range was busy and I had to zero Chris's rifle before they shot it, we didn't get...

I'm completely against all these so-called "bailouts" or "loans" or whatever you want to call it with MY money. I could care less that a business is going bankrupt. It's not my problem. Yes, if I have money invested in that company it's going to hurt, but that just...

Tommy has very kindly sent us another of his wonderful images. Here it seems that our naughty young male is about to receive a long, hard, bare-bottom blistering with big wooden bath brush. His plump white bottom will soon be a fiery red and no doubt he will be squirming and pleading desperately. Hi...