Archive for February 2013
Rarely have I seen such a blend of hope and tragedy
A demanding public
A kind but somewhat questionable reader wrote to me today and said: Please please please tell me you have written some more books – or at least one!!!!! I’m strongly opposed to the use of the multiple exclamation point, but in this instance, I’ll overlook it. The sentiment is kind and rather humbling. She also…
Read MoreThe postnuptial agreement: A new method of marital negotiation. An even better indicator of people who need to repeat kindergarten.
My wife and I almost never fight. We don’t even bicker. She says it’s because we’re both easygoing people. I thought it had something to do with love. Either way, we always manage to find middle ground on the rare occasions when the need for compromise arises. May I humbly suggest that if you are…
Read MoreMy wife’s only parenting blunder involves the potentially hazardous use of scissors.
My wife is quite nearly a perfect mother. She worries a little more than is necessary, but this appears to be a prerequisite to mothering, and her car is littered with the detritus of tiny people, but I suspect that this will not unduly influence my children in any long-term way. Otherwise, I have almost…
Read MoreOne reason to hope for more rain
The old man is not a choreographer or dance instructor, regardless of what my daughter would have you believe.
My daughter calls this The Waddle Waddle Dance. I love her new dance, but there is no way that her grandfather taught her this dance, despite her attribution at the end of the video. The man is admittedly spritely for his age, but he is incapable of waddling without at least three drinks in him.…
Read MoreFaking your own death as part of the proposal? Exchanging vows via Twitter? Strange, but still better than this.
A Russian man faked his own death in order to propose to his girlfriend. Alexey Bykov hired a filmmaker, makeup artists and stuntmen to create elaborate car-crash scene, then arranged to meet his girlfriend, Irena Kolokov, at the site. When she arrived, she saw him lying on the ground, covered in blood amidst a scene…
Read MoreNo social media. No bling. Just friends.
It occurred to me that my three closest male friends all have the following in common: They have no Facebook accounts. Two have no account whatsoever, and the third has an account that is never and was never used. They have no Twitter accounts. As above, two have no account whatsoever and the third has…
Read MoreNot three. Look closely. Five.
I stepped into our bedroom to inform my wife that I was heading to the gym. This is what I found: A couple interesting things about this photograph: When my daughter jumped into bed, she asked Elysha to cuddle Baby Teddy while she cuddled Baby Katie. As you can see, my wife is holding up…
Read MoreUSA versus UK
The Millions recently ran a piece entitled Judging Books by Their Covers 2013: U.S. Vs. U.K. that compares book covers in the United States to their literary counterparts in the United Kingdom. It’s an interesting look at the different interpretations of a novel. My reactions to the books featured in the Millions piece tend to…
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