Monthly Archive: August 2010

Aug
31
2010

Parenting in an Age of Train Wreck

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Over the past few days, there’s been this vortex of horrible. Dina Lohan was on the Today Show, defending her parenting and her daughter. Paris Hilton got arrested and took a mug shot that looks better than most people’s wedding …

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Aug
27
2010

100 Words or Less About Love

One of the things I’m starting to do a bit more is “meet” other moms and dads who blog. As it’s called social media for a reason, I’m going to start sharing more about that community here. The blog Dad …

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Aug
25
2010

Insane in the Train

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Jack is starting to really like things. Not the way adults like things. By clicking on a button so that our likes populate our stream. His likes are ferocious. The wife described it pretty well in a status update last …

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Aug
19
2010

Scott Pilgrim vs. His Parents

On Monday night, I went and saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Good thing I did. It didn’t do well at the box office over the weekend, so it probably will be out of theaters by the time you finish …

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Aug
05
2010

Kid or Content?

Plotting his escape.

The battle, between the urges to live and capture your life, is nothing new. It’s not new to writers, who have been known to jot things down their friends say during dinner and other invasions. And it certainly isn’t new to parents. How many photo albums are filled with pictures that follow children from birth to college graduation? I was thinking about this on Sunday while we were on a farm, well north, for a corn roast.