Archive for September 2012
The boy loves his name
We clearly made a good choice when we decided to name him Charlie.
Read MoreI don’t care about fairness as long as no one is being harmed in the process.
Here’s the scenario: A rule is established in the workplace that I choose to violate but my colleague does not. Violation of the rule does not impact my colleague or anyone else in any adverse way. The only possible repercussion from my indiscretion is disciplinary action by my boss. In this instance, should my colleague…
Read MoreMarriage deconstruction tool
In 2011, Facebook was cited as a contributing factor in one-third of divorces. The most common reasons cited as evidence were inappropriate messages to members of the opposite sex, separated spouses posting nasty comments about each other, and Facebook friends reporting spouse’s inappropriate behavior. I find these statistics tragic and unfathomable. Facebook? I have three…
Read MoreQuite the magician
Oh, to believe that magic is this simple!
Read MoreOwning a Canadian would be awesome.
A reader sent this to me, expecting that I would like it. I did. It’s not exactly original in its conceit, but it’s well done and quite amusing , so I thought I’d pass it along. I’ve also listened to Laura Schlesinger and found her to be condescending and unpalatable. _____________________________ On her radio show,…
Read MoreI think I have a sad story to tell.
My daughter was playing the shell game (not for money) (yet) with my wife. At one point, my wife thought the game was over (justifiably so) and returned to the kitchen to finish preparing dinner. Clara looked up at me, frowned and said, “I think I have a sad story to tell. Mommy walked away…
Read MoreWe did not need science to tell us that sleep training your child is the right thing to do.
A new study has shown that allowing your infant to “cry it out” as part of sleep training does not lead to any long term emotional or psychological harm in children. I find the study fairly pointless since I suspect that most parents already know this. When a parent is unwilling or unable to sleep…
Read MoreA teacher’s memory of 9/11
The following is a piece I wrote on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack on our country. __________________________________________________________________ I was teaching my third graders when my classroom phone rang around 9:00 AM. It was my ex-wife, calling to tell me that a plane had hit the Word Trade Center. She said that it was…
Read MoreThis is not a nap
It was naptime, and Clara was in her crib. But as you can hear, this isn’t even close to sleep. It is, however, incredibly cute.
Read MoreThe boy apparently loves patty-cake
While I am consumed by parental bias, I happen to think that this is just about the greatest 30 seconds of video ever recorded.
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