Stupid things on water skis Son, remember when I told you I was an Officer on the Waterskiing Team in College? Well, I was. I actually made the team quite easily. Two factors probably helped: First, I was willing to Chair the Social Committee. And second (and perhaps significantly tipping the scales in my favor), […]
June 13, 2011
Son, right now you like to push your Hot Wheels around and build and play with Lego Star Wars Models. It’s all sweet and innocent. But it won’t be that way forever. Soon it’ll be all about crashing them.
June 7, 2011
Novel uses for model rocket engines Model rockets are pretty fun. They’re basically a cardboard tube with little wings at the bottom. You insert an “engine”, which, when ignited, blasts the thing up into the clouds where the wind inevitably carries it off to the next town along with the 30 bucks you paid for […]
June 5, 2011
Son, you’ve been reading all those books about what to expect as you go through puberty. You’re learning about all the changes starting to take place in your body, all the weird feelings, emotions, hairy bits, odors, the whole thing. The books are way better than they were when my folks first left a copy […]
June 2, 2011
Son, here’s a list of things that I suck at. I’m telling you this because I fully expect to re-live my life through you, and I plan to do it better this time. I could just compensate for my inadequacies the way most people would and buy a Hummer or something, but you know how […]
June 15, 2011
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