by Blogger Dad on October 20, 2009
I’m wearing a full body biological suit while typing this, as I may have swine flu and I don’t want you to get it, too.
My son was diagnosed with the swine flu on Sunday and while he is getting better (thankfully) I have a fever and am feeling like crap. I went to the doc [...]
by Blogger Dad on October 4, 2009
(or Thomas Really IS a Useful Engine)
My son’s new love is Thomas the Train. Apparently this is a phase which all children are required by law to go through, in accordance with Parental Annoyance legislation passed in the early 1980’s.
I didn’t see the harm the friendly little blue train posed when my two year old, [...]
by Blogger Dad on October 2, 2009
(Updated: Friday morning. I was able to reach a customer service rep at BRK Electronics, the maker of the alarm. She walked me through the process of unplugging the alarm (it didn’t appear to unplug last night and I certainly didn’t want to run the risk of shocking myself) and make sure it was in [...]
by Blogger Dad on September 29, 2009
An interview I recently did with writer and TV producer Joel Schwartzberg got me thinking, how open should my blog be?
Schwartzberg recently wrote the book The 40-Year-Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad, which contains a series of essays he wrote on the topics of divorce and fatherhood and how divorce made him a better [...]
by Blogger Dad on August 31, 2009
Remember when I said women are not good shoppers? Well, here’s something else you can add to the list of things women (or at least the ones I’m married to) can’t do.
Women CANNOT make a proper shopping list.
There is a fine art to making the perfect shopping list. Ideally, it should have items categorized in [...]