Deserving of death
Perhaps my vegan friends can leave the poor, defenseless plants alone and eat this instead, as Slate’s Nathan Thornburgh suggests. Do the world a favor and help eliminate an invasive…
Daddy and a writer in that order
My daughter has a keen knack for understanding and remembering names and relationships. When asked to name a child’s parents, she can often tell you the parent’s first names. She…
This parenting stuff is easy
My daughter is now two years and two months old. I have yet to install a car seat in my car, nor have we ever moved the car seat from…
Undies in the mail
I’ve been working on a blog post dealing with productivity and efficiency for the past several days, but it has grown so long that it might make a better book.…
Exclamation points say so much about a person
Cut out all those exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes. —F. Scott Fitzgerald This is a hard lesson to teach to ten-year old writers,…
Broken baby
I was playing with my daughter on Sunday, and I think I broke her. While flying her around the kitchen, she landed funny on her leg and began crying. While…
My wife will just about anything to expand my daughter’s palate
For a man who despises broccoli, this whole incident was downright frightening. Cooler heads finally prevailed:
Her first haircut will be a doozy
This page from Dr. Seuss’s ABC Amazing Alphabet Book scared the hell out of my daughter. She stared at the baby in the barber's chair, with the enormous pair of…
Gucci what?
My brother-in-law owned this pair of Gucci sneakers, which, as far as I can tell, retail for about $500. I was hoping to tease him about the sneakers for the…
Should decisions made twenty years ago impact employment today? I’m undecided.
I’m torn. I want to support this teacher and her right to teach. I believe in giving people a second chance. I believe that decisions made twenty years ago rarely…
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