Simpson's Paradox

Stick’s brother Cory is going to be shaving his head for charity, you can get the details over on Cory’s Canes Country blog.  It’s for a good cause, and I can’t wait to see how Cory looks bald. Wonder if he’ll keep the cueball head when he grows his next playoff beard?
The craziest part is [...]

Stick is on the phone with his stepmom Char, telling her his pre-Christmas plans. “Tomorrow I’m going to bring Meg to work, and then I’m going to take the car to finish shopping and get her Christmas present.” He pauses while Char says something. “You mean, am I getting her a disco ball?” Another pause. [...]

Luke started a group writing challenge to list seven things we’re thankful for this Thanksgiving. I had to go over a little, and I kind of combined some things, because an endless list — while great for me — wouldn’t make such a great post.
8 ) Caramel Apple Crack at Starbucks.
I don’t know if the [...]

I don’t mean to sound like a bitter old schoolmarm, but when did it become the teacher’s job to stop lessons to provide supplies?  I remember forgetting my pen or pencil and asking to borrow one in whispers, hoping my teacher wouldn’t catch me unprepared. So usually when my teenage students announce “I don’t have [...]

When Stick’s parents first moved to North Carolina, as the second wave of the Malavette family’s southern migration (led by Stick’s brother Cory and his family), they talked about the weather all the time. Whenever we spoke to them on the phone, they’d tell us how sunny and nice it was outside. And I thought, [...]

My 1-yr-old nephew just learned how to pull the babysafe plugs out of the electrical outlets. This means careful monitoring when he’s running around, and also vague embarrassment that he can get them out faster than I can.

I was on Sabado Gigante this weekend! Stick thinks I should probably say that “we” were on Sabado Gigante, but you can probably guess that the guy on his knee, in the Beijing duck restaurant, proposing to me is Stick. (If you don’t want to reread the story, we ran into Don Fransisco at Da [...]

Isabelle: Auntie Meg, when are you and Uncle Stick going to get married?
Edit: Thanks all. You’re right, the correct response would have been something like “Look, Izzy! A magical fairy princess pony!”