Blight in August
01 Sep
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Blight in August

I am glad August is over.

Between a whole bunch of travel (some leisure-based, some not), Hurricane Irene, the heat, the interminable NFL preseason, the terrible television and my son’s graduation into a mobile, havoc-wreaking machine, August was tough. So, except for the fact that September is likely to be even worse – what with my birthday, my son’s birthday, our anniversary, football season, fantasy season AND the fact that I totally forgot to say “Rabbit rabbit” this morning! – I am ready to turn the page into fall.

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The Family Sound Machine
18 Aug
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The Family Sound Machine

A few weeks ago, we went to Best Buy and bought a new TV.

Our old one still worked, but we’d recently spent some time visiting friends’ and family, and when we watched a movie it quickly became clear that our TV was way out of date. So we got ourselves a new Samsung, and we couldn’t be happier.

The blacks are blacker, the HD is HDer, it’s an amazing upgrade, just in time for “Succession” and “Mindhunter”‘s new seasons.

There’s just one nagging little issue…

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Baby in the Bar, Dot Com
05 Aug
Posted in Drinking 5 comments

Baby in the Bar, Dot Com

Apparently this guy has a problem with babies being in bars, and as a result he’s decided to create a website devoted to “shaming” parents by posting pictures of them behaving “badly” by bringing their kids to bars. His site’s tagline is: Bad parents, cute babies, questionable decisions. I have problems with every part ofRead more about Baby in the Bar, Dot Com[…]

Honest…to a fault?
28 Jul
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Honest…to a fault?

I knew when I started this blog that I didn’t want to “put a sugarjacket” on any of my experiences as a dad. As I look back at the last year of posts, I see that while I’ve done my best to put it all out there, both good and bad, the fact is it’sRead more about Honest…to a fault?[…]

How to Dress a Toddler
21 Jul
Posted in Shopping 9 comments

How to Dress a Toddler

There was a time when I thought they weren’t real. I saw them on a classic episode of The Simpsons and thought they were a clever joke. But, sadly, they do exist. And it’s hard to believe anyone would consider using one.

I’m talking about the “Baby Harness.” In the classic Simpsons episode that featured the return of Danny DeVito as Homer’s long-lost brother Herb, a baby-speech translator captures the feelings of a child who has been subjected to a harness: “This leash demeans us both.” (Watch the episode here!)

The sad fact is that even parents who refuse to succumb to the convenience of the baby harness can’t help but regularly demean their children. Sometimes, all it takes is the wrong shirt.

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