Hell Is A Teenager

January 31, 2011 development

I ran my mom through the fucking ringer. I lied, stole money, smoked pot, got drunk and had sex. Then, I’d ask for money. She loved me through all of it.

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The Bus is Too Fun For Me

January 26, 2011 development

The bus, sometimes smelly, always memorable.

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He Doesn’t Care About Culture

January 21, 2011 bonding

It is our job to bring up the little guy. We ask him to say please when he wants something. We insist that it is not OK to hit people. We require him to hold our hands as we cross a street. We remind him to tell us when he needs to go pee. We [...]

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My 1 1/2 Year Old Son’s Favorite iPhone Apps of 2010

January 8, 2011 development

My kid loves the iPhone. I don’t blame him. It’s elegant and responsive. I attempt to limit his use as much as possible. But sometimes, I just leave it laying around, he picks it up and starts messing with it. Over the past few months, though, he has made his share of “toddler-dials” which I [...]

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Little Voices

December 1, 2010 bonding

Last night, when my daughter woke me up by rapidly tapping her little fingers on my shoulder, she must have been saying to herself: Daddy, I need a glass of water. But she didn’t say it out loud. She heard herself as a voice in her head, presumably the same voice she hears in her head [...]

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Agility

November 14, 2010 bonding

I usually land like a cat, on all fours, ready for my next move. Sometimes when the shit hits the fan, I’m more like a junkyard dog.

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Flat Tires

October 28, 2010 journeys

While I was in college, I replaced a dozens of flat tires.  I liked being the guy crawling around on the pavement, late at night, jacking up cars and swapping out tires. Eventually, I got pretty good at it. I developed systems that forced me to keep track of the lug nuts, the jack, the [...]

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You Want to go for a Beer, Noam Chomsky?

October 22, 2010 bonding

Did Jacob come into this world hard-wired for language? Has he learned language from the highly educated and overly deconstructive household he was born into? Does it matter?

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In the Middle of the Night

October 15, 2010 Uncategorized

I used to be a night owl and a morning-person. Now I’m both, but Im also a middle-of-the-night person. The math on this does not seem possible. After becoming a parent, I was forced to change in unimaginable ways.

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The Minivan Bet

September 29, 2010 Uncategorized

It was an easy bet to make when we did not have children.  Together, we lived in a duplex-up condo in Chicago. When we weren’t having keg parties, we were at the bars; the lights, the music, the late mornings, the jumping from rooftops into garbage cans in the alley… I think the bet was [...]

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