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May 2012

Week 33: Who Robs a Pregnant Woman?

05/25/12

Week 33: Who Robs a Pregnant Woman?

On Tuesday, someone robbed my seven-months-pregnant wife on Clark Street. No, there is not a special place in hell for People Who Steal From Pregnant Women, because there is no such thing as hell. But if there were, that special place would be in the same scorching, roach-infested neighborhood that houses...

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Week 32: Expecting the Worst

05/18/12

Week 32: Expecting the Worst

Here’s where I criticize a movie I haven’t seen. It’s called What to Expect When You’re Expecting; it stars Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Banks, Dennis Quaid, Brookyn Decker, and that guy from Glee; and after sitting through the smarmy, cliché-dripping trailer—twice—I wanted to punch every single one of them in the face...

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Week 31: How to @#$% Up

05/07/12

Week 31: How to @#$% Up

After much research, I have finally learned the absolute worst thing to say to one’s pregnant wife. With just a few simple words, you, too, can tear into your beloved spouse’s every insecurity and lay them bare at a exact moment when she is at her most vulnerable!...

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About Push

The continuing adventures of Jeff Ruby, aka Chicago's dining critic, senior editor, and humor columnist. After chronicling his wife's pregnancy and eventual delivery on a Hyde Park floor in gory detail, Ruby fast-forwarded a year to his paternity leave, during which his threesome inexplicably decided to travel 10,000 miles away. Another baby followed. Then the World’s Dumbest Dog. Now Ruby’s wife is pregnant again, and Push returns for one more go-round. Again, nothing is omitted. These people gave up on privacy years ago.

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