Browsing All posts tagged under »Parenting«

Why I blog anonymously

June 20, 2011

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Identity withheld to protect the innocent…and the guilty. Trust me, I’m a blogger, I want to be famous.  I want to be “discovered” and have my blog turned into a global best-seller and quit my day job. I want my book to become a sitcom, then a movie, blah, blah, blah. But not at the […]

We interrupt our usual snarky sarcasm for a brief bit of warm-fuzziness

June 19, 2011

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What can I say? It’s Fathers Day and here’s what I got this morning:

I used to be skinny, too

June 16, 2011

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I used to be skinny.  No, really, I did.   You’re going to be skinny too, I can tell already.  Mom was, I was, and you will be.  I didn’t beat 130 lbs until well after college. Some of it is genetic.  You’ve already demonstrated an ability to eat half a gallon of ice cream […]

Stupid things I tried so now you don’t have to #3

June 15, 2011

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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), […]

Violence against toys: it’s in your genes

June 13, 2011

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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.

Stupid things I tried so now you don’t have to #2

June 10, 2011

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Look, I know you’re only ten, so there’s a bit of time before this is relevant for you. But it’s on my mind now and it’s started leaking onto my keyboard, so it’s becoming a post. Progressive parties They sound like a good idea at the time: Some kid’s parents are away. You set up a […]