To play or not to play…
I face an interesting dichotomy with the boys. C is perfectly happy to play, just play. There doesn’t have to be rules, or a game, or even people with him. He can sit up in his room for hours and Continue reading
I face an interesting dichotomy with the boys. C is perfectly happy to play, just play. There doesn’t have to be rules, or a game, or even people with him. He can sit up in his room for hours and Continue reading
Back from a brief hiatus that involved some work craziness, three days of cleaning out the basement and attic (fun!) and an anniversary trip to Vegas for K and I. Anyway… So, the boys have been going to camp this Continue reading
I’m a day late, but I had some thoughts on the 30th anniversary of MTV this morning during my commute to work. The Boston Globe had a great collection of the first 10 videos to air on MTV which set the Wayback Continue reading
So, C and M were playing outside today. I hear a resounding yell of “snack time!” from outside and glance at the clock. C comes running in, “dad! Can we have some snacks?” “Actually, buddy, it’s lunchtime,” I reply, “give Continue reading
Clearly, my kids study at the school of Louis C.K. The primary lesson was delivered on The Daily Show last week. “A fart is funny,” Louis explains, it comes out of your ass, smells like poop and makes a little trumpet noise. Continue reading
My kids are color blind. They can see just fine, all their colors are there, but when they look at people, they see… people. I don’t mean to sound surprised, this is how we’ve raised them, but the simple ease Continue reading
I have just watched the final launch of the American Space Shuttle program with mixed emotions. I love watching the launches, but am sad to see the end of this era. I remember the introduction of the Space Shuttle to Continue reading
It has been raining in Boston, well, it feels like forever. Weekends have been largely washed out. So, we have been taking in some movies. Some have been successful, others… not so much. First off, we took in the Superman Continue reading
(This is the darker of the two posts for today…) There are things in the world that are simply terrible, but whose terrible-ness is amplified when you’re a parent. This week was a prime example of this. On Tuesday night, Continue reading
(This is the first of two posts today, one much more light hearted than the other.) Good lord, my kids are Bostonians! Obviously, this should not come as a surprise to me, but it hit me this week while we Continue reading