May 19, 2013  |  6:22am
Beth: [age 4] "Let's play a game."
Me: "Okay. What do you want to play?"
Beth: "Let's play that aliens are attacking us. And we're tigers who have to fight them. And I'm your sidekick."
Me: "That sounds cool. Do we have names?"
Beth: "Yes! Your name is Azore."
Me: "Azore... that sounds cool. So what's your name?"
Beth: "Scratchypants."
Me: "Scratchypants? My sidekick's name is Scratchypants?"
Beth: "If this is going to be a problem, then maybe you should find a new sidekick."
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May 18, 2013  |  4:54pm
This is what My Little Pony dreams about, I’m sure.

This is what My Little Pony dreams about, I’m sure.

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May 17, 2013  |  3:22pm
More U.S. Children Being Diagnosed With Youthful Tendency Disorder

CHICKEN BUTT!

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May 13, 2013  |  5:07pm
This chart has been going around again lately. It’s still a good one. I first wrote about it six months ago, and the chart predates my post quite a bit. Major kudos to whoever came up with the original.

This chart has been going around again lately. It’s still a good one. I first wrote about it six months ago, and the chart predates my post quite a bit.

Major kudos to whoever came up with the original.

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April 24, 2013  |  8:30am
[Scene: Luke, age 8, is sitting next to Beth, age 4, who is wearing a bandage around the wrist she sprained a day earlier]
Luke: "I guess I should take it easy on you, because you hurt your hand."
Beth: "I didn't hurt MY FIGHTING HAND!" [punches Luke in the stomach with her good hand]
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April 8, 2013  |  9:12am
"Don’t touch a woman’s sword unless you are prepared to fight!"

— Beth, age 4, while examining her new Nerf sword

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