My life trajectory in Sesame Street terms
At first I loved Ernie because there was no Elmo to love and my brother was most definitely a Bert. My brother could have been the prototype for Bert. My brother…
Staying busy instead of sleeping
In addition to lying about a poopy diaper and calling for help from her various plastic friends, my daughter likes to spend the time in her crib wisely. Rather than…
Old school with a fever
When my daughter was an infant, it was not uncommon for her to fall asleep atop my wife. It happened almost every day at one point or another. But that…
Singular and centered
On Saturday night we celebrated the birthday of my wife’s Uncle Bob at a pizza place in the Berkshires. This painting, which stretched across much of the wall above our…
Resolution update: May 2011
1. Lose 23 pounds, bringing me down to my high school track and field weight. Down eleven pounds since the beginning of the year. Twelve to go. 2. Do at…
Disappointed that billions haven’t died?
More fallout from the failed Rapture: Expert Rapture predictor Harold Camping's public relations manager moved his family from California to Ohio a month before the supposed Rapture in order to…
Super Grover playing Saint Peter?
I found these little people on the window sill yesterday, set up in a position that I assume can only be a reenactment of the Saint Peter story. Naturally, my…
Serious daddy fail
I couldn’t quite remember my daughter’s birthday today. I thought I knew it, and I knew I was within ten days or so of the correct date, but I couldn’t…
Dishonoring the dead with stupidity
From Fox News: Is Obama Chewing Gum at Joplin Memorial Service? Earlier today President Obama spoke at a memorial service in Joplin, MO honoring those who lost their lives to…
Your sense of smell or your cell phone?
From a recent McCann survey of more than 7,000 people ages 16-30 across a variety of countries: Given a list of things (including cosmetics, their car, their passport, their phone…
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