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I don’t care what Billy said, that’s not where babies come from

April 1, 2012

Me: Why don’t you ever do somersaults anymore, son? You: I don’t want to die. Um, er…huh? You can die from doing too many somersaults. What makes you think that? Billy told me. Billy. And you believe him. This is the kid who told you he’s doing secret agent training after school, right? Yup. And that his Dad’s […]

Hey son, admit it: you like her

November 6, 2011

Hey son, feel that? Weird, huh? I know what you’re thinking: It can’t be what you think it might be. NOBODY likes girls. Well, teenagers do, but that’s just gross. And as I recall, you intend to skip that whole phase (we’ll discuss the practicality of that later). OK, so if it’s not about girls, […]