Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

teach them to roll socks, bring you utensils from the dishwasher, put trash in the trash can, pull weeds, put their toys away, etc. they're actually pretty decent for a lot of housework even in toddlerhood. by 4-5, they can unload the dishwasher and put away folded laundry. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

all the unusual stuff going on in the piece aside, i don't think you have to play with your kids. majority of human history, parents aren't their kids' playmates. other kids are kids' playmates. kids are just as entertained/engaged helping you do stuff you're already doing. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@sasharazes but the 9/11 riff! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @default_friend: @ebruenig Any personal essay about your child that starts with “I want to suck...” is bound to be a roller coaster. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

this piece about having mixed feelings about motherhood is wild, and that's before you get to the section break that leads in with several paragraphs about 9/11 https://t.co/iyz4PJ7ijZ — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

things my elder daughter has said about me that i would like to formally deny: >i was not "borned out of an egg" >i am not "smelly like an egg" >i do not "run like a chicken" >i am not "scared of every bug" >i did not "decide to stop growing" — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

when is someone going to hold these two people accountable for harassing, bullying and intimidating a female journalist (me) https://t.co/ZeTaSM9Hqi — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

lol excuse me — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@AikidoBender dude it was so good — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@09mshatraw lmfao — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@EmDeeEssEff @maplecocaine taking your life in your hands here man — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i've not been drunk but i did go into a fugue state one fall and drank 50 oz of martinelli's apple juice in one sitting. felt quite strange for a while — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@maplecocaine i'm fortunate in that if people want to mock my name with a clever modification, they've really gotta bite one hell of a bullet. kind of a mutually assured destruction thing — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@spumante777 @DrewHolden360 this one goes up to 11 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i have this verse printed underneath a map of the stars as they were over our city the night my eldest daughter was born. <3 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i'm probably demonstrating significant ignorance here, but: in re: the cicada noise thing, i feel like they were...always around in texas? i don't remember there ever *not* being cicada noise. it's kind of nice. it wasn't a periodic thing. is this an implanted memory or sth — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@Liamjsm this is so his whole staff, including @cascamike and @mattduss, can put on matching pajamas with the little floppy hats with pom poms and tuck into bed together at night — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@CharlesFLehman no joke he loved reading this book to our eldest https://t.co/cNMOaPitcP — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @marwilliamson: @ebruenig The thing about both Augustine and Cicero is how startlingly modern they sound. Almost eerie. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @AP: The coroner has identified eight people killed at a California railyard by a gunman who authorities say then took his own life. The… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

slay, queen — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@OlufemiOTaiwo too late the seed of comprehension has already been planted in your mind. you will soon have a pretty decent working understanding of what that tweet meant. there's no escape. cascading brain damage, 240 characters at a time — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@OlufemiOTaiwo man wait till you find out what it says about you if you watch the octopus documentary and conclude the guy didn't fuck the octopus — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@JasonPMask it's what it's* — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@JasonPMask problematic fav — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

plus, i mean: love. what else can you do? it's everything it's cracked up to be. cynicism and ironic distance are fashionable at the moment so it's passé to say, but all the ancient poets were right about love. it's the axis that everything turns on. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

so if i could draw, i'd do that, and if i could play music, i'd do that, but i can't do any of those things, so that's why i'm always blathering on about the people and things i love, because i think it's more or less the point of this whole thing — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

oh 100%. my entire writing career is this, just love letters of various kinds. being a simpleton, the thing i took most to heart from Augustine is that the most critical thing in a human lifetime is to love the right things and to love them right, to cultivate excellent love — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

no not remotely; he's devoted to the args, his personal projects, his family, other people. many Christians speak of 'having a servant's heart,' but Matt actually does. he met a twitter follower of his at a book event i did and the guy needed help moving and matt helped him move — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@jmartNYT @YouTube it do be like that — PolitiTweet.org