Bachmann’s latest history lesson. This time on slavery.
From a piece in The Daily Beast: Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum apparently aren’t close readers, having signed a pledge from a Christian group in Iowa that said black families…
Douchebags Make it Douchy For Non-Douchebags to Wear Watches
The New York Times published a piece this weekend on watches entitled Watches Are Rediscovered by the Cellphone Generation Excerpts from the piece reads: But after going watch-free for much…
An archeological moment in the making
This is how it happens. My daughter creates an elaborate scene involving her little people, like the one most recently posted, and then she turns around and finds something else…
Dance party or deadly ambush?
Here is my daughter’s latest little people scene. My wife believes that the human beings are dancing on stage while the dragons watch. I believe that the dragons are preparing…
If you are going to perpetrate a fraud, please don’t be stupid about it.
While I don’t support fraud, I can understand engaging in it for profit’s sake. When there is enough reward, the risks can sometimes become reasonable. But when there is little…
7 unexpected lessons learned during my first children’s book writing group meeting
1. Long eyelashes on a man are considered attractive. Who knew? My wife subsequently informed me that my eyelashes are an average length. This explains a lot. 2. Young adult…
Frisbee is still a challenge…
She can count to twenty and identify about half a dozen shapes, and she’s learning her letters rather quickly, but a simple game like frisbee is still posing quite a…
7 perfectly good reasons why the use of a tanning booth is acceptable
Tanning has gotten a significantly bad rap as of late, primarily due to concerns regarding skin cancer. The FDA has issued health warnings related to tanning and are considering heightening the…
Doing the impossible.
While visiting Essex earlier this week, my daughter became bound and determined to move this enormous rock, returning to it again and again in an attempt to lift it. Obviously,…
Rethinking my assault on the institution of coffee
A follow-up to my attack on the institution of coffee from yesterday: A reader on Goodreads responded to my post with the following: “Coffee is also a ritual, a comfort.…
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