Only Dead on the Inside A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse by James Breakwell, 2017
There are plenty of guides out there about how to survive the zombie apocalypse. All of them assume readers are young, fit, and unencumbered by children. In that scenario, the only living humans left will be smug, outdoorsy Millennials. That's hell on earth, even without the zombies.
Only Dead on the Inside is the answer for the rest of us.
New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for Tue, 08 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/04/08
New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for Mon, 07 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/04/07
I really feel for single parents whose kids grow up and move out. Must be so lonely. I'm very lucky to be in a long happy #marriage.
New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for Thu, 03 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/04/03
4yo: (wipes nose on sleeve)
Husband: Don't wipe your nose on your sleeve! We've talked about this before. When you need to blow your nose, what do you do?
4yo: (looks straight at husband; wipes nose with hands)
New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for Sun, 06 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/04/06
New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for Wed, 02 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/04/02
New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for Sat, 05 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/04/05
Spent the past 20 minutes reading news about how Peppa Pig is getting a second sibling. Best line of the article:
"In the Pig universe, which has now been running for two decades, George remains two years old and Peppa two years older."
New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for Fri, 04 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/04/04
Kid asked me today:
”If you could have one superpower only, what would it be”
Without even thinking about it I answered:
”Arbitrary bidirectional matter-energy conversion. I can do everything else with it.”
Sometimes, scientifically literate parents can be extremely boring. 
It's #3DPrinting-with-the- #toddler-time! Today: glasses for the favorite #hamster 
(yes, massively underextruded, I used 150% speed 
)
What a terrible country we have here in the US. A young black dad needed to go to a job interview and couldn't afford a baby sitter for his 3 kids and didn't have time to take them home before his meeting bc he also can't afford a car.
So they walked to McDonald's next to his job interview to let them play while he went to the interview.
When he returned he was arrested and may still be in jail rn.
Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
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“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
My ex has a lot of books, so I gambled that the dog wouldn't chew on the books.
It's like how I used to get my 2nd kid to fall asleep: make them feel safe and very bored. No bedtime entertainment, which was the mistake I made with 1st kid.
