Monthly Archive: May 2010

May
24
2010

Iron Man’s Secret Origin: Crappy Dad.

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For those who know me, it should come as no great surprise that I dragged the wife to see Iron Man 2. (For those who don’t, I’m a bit of a comics nerd.) This movie was not babysitter-worthy, so I’m …

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May
18
2010

No More Reading Or Writing For Me

I’m not one for labels. I don’t like boxes or constrictions. But I’m now officially a “daddy blogger.” When I started this little enterprise, I planned to blog about three topics: reading, writing and fatherhood. “Reading” and “writing” have been …

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May
12
2010

I’m Pretty Sure The Boy’s Not A Loser.

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For months, Jack has been crawling like he’s in training, skittering around our house with the speed of a movie Alien, the one that burst out of that dude’s chest and clattered out the room. The problem, if you can …

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May
03
2010

Writing Advice From Three Odd Fish

A couple of Saturdays ago, I went to an author panel at StoryStudio Chicago. Unabashed, FTC-compliant plug: Before we had Jack, when I was trying to get through the first draft of this novel I can’t let go of, I …

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