{"id":2473,"date":"2012-05-09T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T22:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2012-05-09T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T22:25:48","slug":"winecone-wednesday-where-the-wild-things-are-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/winecone-wednesday-where-the-wild-things-are-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Winecone Wednesday \u2013 Where the Wild Things Are Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cAnd it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things,\u201d Maurice Sendak once said. As adults, we have perhaps lost our imagination. (I guess that\u2019s why we throw winecones.)<\/p>\n
<\/a>Maurice Sendek left this world yesterday. \u201cHe sailed off through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are.\u201d To the author of splendid nightmares: I do not believe there is a child out there who has not turned their mischief making into a fantasy world of fierce monsters \u2013 in a land where we can all be the king of our wild things.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd now, let the wild rumpus start!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAnd the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.\u201d<\/p>\n So my boys have Hand, Mouth and Foot Disease (HMFD)<\/a>. Yay. Please note \u2013 not to be confused with hoof-and-mouth disease \u2013 which afflicts well, animals with hooves. I have been assured that HMFD is a common childhood virus of the coxsackievirus genre (capable of taking out an entire preschool class in a single afternoon).<\/p>\n HMFD. Making cherubic toddlers look like acned teenagers. If that doesn\u2019t call for winecones, then you clearly need more wine. (Also, sick toddlers make for sleep-deprived parents. Roaring terrible roars and gnashing terrible teeth pretty much sum us all up.)<\/p>\n The preschool may also have a winecone to throw at me for my hypochondriacally impressive abilities to panic about the outbreak of a mutant pox. (Not that it wouldn\u2019t be totally cool to parent an X-Man. But geez I don\u2019t even want to *think* about those diaper change wrestling scenarios. I need to go find more wine. Throw some cones among yourselves\u2026<\/p>\n *********<\/p>\n Smokers ruining perfectly wonderful weather for everyone. Forcing me to roll my windows up and recycle the air. \u2013 Sisyphus<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s note: Smoking is a vile past time. I fully support your rights to abuse yourself, but I do not support your right to make me smell your stinky toxins. You know those smokers with the cigarette dangling out the window at the stoplight in front of you. A winecone that just buzzes that right out of their hand \u2013 alcohol purifies\/sanitizes. And wine is alcohol. Just sayin\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n **********<\/p>\n I want to go home from work now dammit. I don\u2019t want to fix problems my incompetent coworker created for me 6 months ago. Just when I thought I was free of him. FOILED AGAIN.<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s note: Just a sly walk-by his cube and BLAMMO winecone. Oh my goodness! It was a run-by wineconing! I don\u2019t know *who* would do such a thing! Foil wrapped for added insult to injury (or personal amusement \u2013 we won\u2019t judge).<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Did you know the muppets former nanny had a preemie of her own? (This is why the uber paranoid me was so thrilled to find our Mary Poppins<\/a>.) That was 16 years ago today. He made an early entrance into their lives.<\/p>\n His mom (the aforementioned Mary) notes, \u201cHe was very tiny (4 pounds) and looked a bit like Jiminy Cricket…but the minute I saw him I knew we’d be good friends. =)\u201d<\/p>\n Happy Birthday Ryan! Isn’t amazing how much little preemies touch our hearts? And even more incredible how big the grow?!<\/p>\n \u201cOh, please don’t go\u2014we’ll eat you up\u2014we love you so!\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Till next week, winecones and kisses!<\/p>\n *Leave your Winecones in the comments or email us at anervousticmotion1@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or tricia@streamoftheconscious.com<\/a> and we\u2019ll add yours next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u201cAnd it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things,\u201d Maurice Sendak once said. As adults, we have perhaps lost our imagination. (I guess that\u2019s why we throw winecones.) … Continue reading