Urchin
This is one of my sister's twin three-year-old sons. I don't know which one he is. Let's just call him Twin.
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Heather talks about public tantrums (from kids) on today's Momversation.
- RIP Louis Mortimer Armstrong: http://bit.ly/1R4tv6
- Hugs and kisses to you, too! RT: @Monkey_Tree: @dooce he probably committed suicide because he was tired of LISTENING TO YOU WHINE.
- Our fish just died. And I'm sitting here crying. And it wasn't even my fault!
1. carly said:
Lovely redesign, definitely more cowbell - bring the cowbell on, more blue oyster cult! mmm, okay, that was wrong... just wrong. so wrong that it's right? i have to try to find that moby video where christopher walken dances now... keep up the great work dooce and blurb:)
2. amy said:
sweet!
3. Gia said:
Yeay! Love to have more cowbell!
:)
Thrilled to have you back.
4. carrie said:
Adorable!
Dooce 5.0 looks excellent and it is so wonderful to have you back. I'm not sure if telling you congratulations is appropriate but I think it might well be in order. You rock.
5. brandon said:
He sorta looks like those kids from the movie Village of the Damned.
6. trucmuche said:
Congrats, doOce! I also like the new design: simple yet lively. Looking forward to reading/seeing more of your doOcery :-)
7. The Mighty Jimbo said:
if there is one thing i want to learn from the years of my life i am wasting by obsessively clicking on your website, it's how to take really cool pictures like that.
and make good poop jokes.
8. Rachel said:
I love, love, love the new site design. I have to say my favorite part is the Google ad that says: Cowbell for less.
9. Carrie said:
Absolutely fabulous new design. You can always use more cowbell...
And looking forward to the daily photos...Twin is a cutie. Being a twin myself, I can honestly say that I answer to "twin", my sister's name, and also just hey you. So Twin is a perfectly acceptable nickname.
10. Kelly said:
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!!
11. maxigumee said:
Also, the columns go into the page background in Internet Explorer for Mac OS X..... and I know that anybody who uses it is "being a pussy and not downloading a better browser" but...... you know..... I'm just telling you. :P
12. maxigumee said:
If the right column goes to the bottom, you probably have to take a pixel away from each column's width.
13. The Former Inmate said:
Well...I'm getting used to the new design. It's neat. It's clean. It's actually almost understated.
But I must say: I thought that thing was a purse with a cell phone inside....the Cowbell idea took a while to click. I do great on Rorschachs, by the way.
Welcome back. Glad you're feeling better. Oh, deep water IS pretty damned scary.
14. Rachel said:
A new website, complete with a Saturday Night Live reference? I'm in heaven.
Glad you're back Dooce, we missed you.
15. eco2geek said:
The links that are on the righthand side of the page with "real" browsers like Mozilla are at the bottom of the page in Internet Explorer 5.5 (which is all I can use at work.) It's truly a POS.
HTML tag test
16. Sarcastic Journalist said:
I'd like a cowbell. As for camera envy, I prefer mine where you have to stand on your head, squint, sing the national anthem and turn on all lights within 100 miles to get a picture.
Yea! for Dooce!
17. Very Mom said:
Welcome back Dooce! The website looks amazing - and I'm with Wixlet, the case of camera envy has me putting pennies in a jar - I want the D70!
18. leigh said:
Cowbells! Just when I thought it couldn't get better! Love your redesign, and a gorgeous pic of Twin ...
Glad you're back home, hope you continue to feel better.
19. wixlet said:
i have an itchy, uncomfortable case of camera envy.
20. eco2geek said:
I liked the red background (and the red/pink theme) a lot better than the grey one. But...
I love the way that, when you go to another page within the site, it doesn't seem to reload the whole thing, it just loads the new content.
Glad you're out of the hospital, too.
21. Kitta said:
Looking good. Loving the added cowbells.
22. Michelle said:
More cowbell! It's good to see you really exploring the space. :) By the way, I have to tell you that I'm hopelessly smitten with your entire adorable family.
23. diana said:
I've got a fever... and the only cure is MORE COWBELL.
Nice redesign! Looks clean and sharp. Kudos to you and Jon for the layout and coding. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your photos, too!
24. Sarah said:
Better than I could have dreamed. Welcome back.
25. jeff said:
Welcome back, love the new website. Love the cowbell!
26. Angie said:
I'm a doocaholic, so I'm well chuffed to see not only the Dooce herself, but the website too looking better than ever!
Fab photo; 'twin' looks positively Dickensian in his urchinness.
I 'heart' dooce (includng dog-dooce, man-dooce and mini-dooce) xxx
27. Tim said:
Hello, Twin! Why have you been relegated to stand out back by the refuse bins?
28. Heather said:
Love the re-design!! I'm so glad that you're doing better!!
29. Shelly said:
Simply loving it!
30. sabrina said:
I am loving the new look! Glad to have you back home and sharing your life with us!
31. taryn said:
Twin, you are lookin' good with the redesign!
32. DeAnn said:
I LOVE the new look.
And I'm totally laughing that you can't tell your twin nephews apart. So, evidently they're both that cute?
33. dooce said:
owen: it's already a gray border added by the CSS.
thanks for the well wishes! this is all so crazy!
34. jen said:
Nice redesign - ace - and GREAT to see you home, Heather! :D Lovely photo too. Good digital cameras kick ass!
35. owen said:
It's going to get annoying to add that grey border around the image everytime you add a new one. In my expert opinion I would suggest you use a css border:10px gray border. and as Mase said welcome back.
36. Miss FitsandStarts said:
I've got a fever... and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!
You are truly amazing.... Thank you for sharing all of your self and your life.
And funny as hell.
37. Kat said:
You can tell how often he must go outside, his hair is so blonde.
38. maxigumee said:
Hello, Twin!
39. Sean said:
The new site looks great! Congrats and well done. :)
40. Molly said:
Great picture! :)
Great site! Renovations are lovely!
41. Jazzy said:
Absolutely adorable. Love the new site.
42. Eddo said:
I need MORE COWBELL!!!! I love that SNL skit and my friends and I were just talking about that after going to a football game and watching this chubby band kid bang away on a cowbell- so glad I am not a high school kid anymore.
Also glad that you are back- sleeping, and writing- what would I do without my Dooce fix!!! God I love you guys...
43. leandra said:
love the search categories and daily nuggets. and of course, the cowbell... don't fear the reaper! :)
44. laura said:
Nice new design. You picked cowbells to see what the google ads would do with it, didn't you? ;>
45. lizardek said:
Dear Dooce & Jon the SuperCoder,
Love the new design, but I hope you're not getting permanently rid of the "Currently" columns because they made me so very very happy every time I read them.
Hurray for the return of Dooce! :)
46. lynne said:
Hi Heather and Family,
The redesign is really funky but most importantly I'm glad that you feel your on the road to recovery. Your strength and sense of humour really comes across in your writing and I've learnt a lot about the Mormon faith since finding your website ;) Take care of yourself.
47. kim from overseas (just so you don't get confused) said:
uh uh uh - i get to be one of the first 100 commenters! JAY! never thought that would happen. but now i can tell you "in person" and don't have to bug jon about how AWESOME YOU ARE! i have been thinking about you guys a lot and i'm sooo glad you're better. you are better, aren't you? you sound better.. anyway - i love the new design and "hi twin".
48. Sarah said:
The world is truly a better place for having you in it. I love that you share your life with all of us! You are a superstar! Love the new site!
49. Sasha said:
I was hoping the redesign would finally allow all of us who haven't been able to see any of the pictures or graphics for MONTHS to see them again. I really had been looking forward to that - but no Leta, Chuck or cowbells (they are mentioned in the comments, so there must be some, right?) for me... :-( sooo sad. I'll read you anyway. Glad you are feeling better!
50. A N N A said:
welcome back, heather. you are the bravest, best mommy ever for getting the help you need-- and being so generous as to tell the world about it. i think you are a rock star-badass-hero for doing so. go you! :)
p.s. the fact that you can't tell urchin 1 from urchin 2 just makes you cooler. i can't tell twins apart either. great pic. :D
p.p.s. i thought the cowbell was a purse too, and i LOVED that snl skit. sigh.
51. kim said:
midwifegoddessannie - it is a reference to a will ferrell saturday night live skit. see
http://www.geekspeakweekly.com/cowbell
52. midwifegoddessannie said:
I don't get the cowbell thing.... is that because I am Australian? Somebody please enlighten my ignorant ass?
53. heathabee said:
Adorable Twin. Can you imagine having two beautiful babies at once? Not often do you see two good looking twins.. usually they're just average or ugly... but those nephews of yours are gorgeous!
PS. I love the new design
PPS. I love that we can comment! wahoo!
54. Twinmama said:
I love the redesign too! Nice and clean.
Don't feel bad; even my husband has trouble telling our twins apart. Like, all the time.
55. Liz said:
That you're feeling better makes the world better. Hurray!
good luck with the new site, I like it, though I'll miss the "Noble Dog with Pink Towel" motif
Nice work boys and girls
56. Siobhan said:
The new website looks fantastic!
Great to see you back at home as well!
57. Nicole said:
LOVING the new design! Welcome back Heather, we missed the hell out of you. Can't wait for more posts on the new page. Thank you SO SO much for being my daily dose of reality and laughter. My days would be boring without your blog.
58. jenny said:
i love, i love!
59. Kari said:
PS
Thanks for another great photo
60. Kari said:
I can't believe I entertained for one minute the idea that y'all were spending a few well earned days hanging out and relaxing.
Love the new look. Nice job.
61. Jill said:
Love the new site! Who doesn't need more cowbell, I ask??? I gotta have more cowbell. Thanks for making me laugh today.
62. Mari said:
I think you rock the socks off of the blog world. I think you rock the socks off the world in general.
Twin is cute, and I love the new site. Glad to see ya back new and improved.
63. Dawn said:
Welcome home, Heather! Everything looks great. Sleep, nap and stay well. Look forward to more from you. Lots of love and gratitude.
64. Barbara said:
Sharing time:
1) I love the new design!!
2) I hate it when someone calls me twin, please name those kiddos correctly.
65. Charla said:
Ooooh...definitely more cowbell here. Looking good!
66. JuJuBee said:
He has the same crazy hair as my son...Howdy Twin Boy.
67. lara said:
ooh, mama, the site is looking dooce-e-ful. love love love the redesign. i missed the "currently" categories at first, but after reading the dj blurb breakdown geekery, i totally get your reasoning. it works. thanks once again for sharing yourself and your family so honestly and humourously and sadly and happily and all that stuff. very inspiring.
ps- oh, hello twin.