I’m not depressed; I’m serotoninally challenged

November 18, 2011

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Seratonin meter

Son, there’s this stuff called serotonin. It lubricates your neurons or something. Apparently well-oiled neurons help ensure that you’re mentally healthy, happy and generally OK with things. If you don’t have much of it then your brain’s all out of whack and you’re depressed and generally pissy. Healthy people make serotonin and pump it around […]

New batch of favorite funny tweets now posted!

November 17, 2011

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BRAND NEW BATCH OF FAVORITE FUNNY TWEETS! Freshness dated November 16! And they’re right here. In this instalment: –> What’s the best time to be naughty without Santa finding out? –> Why Ford should pay my parking ticket. –> Learn why I don’t set my clock back an hour in November. It’s all there on the […]

An IBMP exclusive: getting your child to pick up their toys

November 15, 2011

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messy room

Welcome to the seventh instalment of WTF Wednesday where you spent more time thinking up a question than I spent thinking up an answer. Today’s question comes to us from Lorna via the blog, who writes: Dear IBMP, How do I get my son to pick up his toys? Note: my son is 25 and lives […]

Posted in: Advice (bad)

What is comment spam? And why it’s going to help me publish.

November 10, 2011

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Spam critical acclaim

Spam. We’ve all heard of it. Email spam, text spam, Twitter spam, spam and eggs. Spam, in most cases, is just plain annoying. Remember FAX spam? But maybe we’re thinking of it the wrong way. Have you ever stopped to read the spam those robots worked so hard to prepare for you? Well, I do […]

Surviving a department store tantrum

November 8, 2011

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Toddler tantrum kit

Welcome to the sixth instalment of WTF Wednesday where the advice is totally free and worth every penny. Today’s question comes to us from ThinLine via the blog, who writes: Dear IBMP, Here’s my question: how do you handle it when your toddler decides to have a tantrum in the middle of a department store? […]

Posted in: Advice (bad)

Hey son, admit it: you like her

November 6, 2011

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Billy likes girls

Hey son, feel that? Weird, huh? I know what you’re thinking: It can’t be what you think it might be. NOBODY likes girls. Well, teenagers do, but that’s just gross. And as I recall, you intend to skip that whole phase (we’ll discuss the practicality of that later). OK, so if it’s not about girls, […]