Monthly Archive: September 2010

Sep
24
2010

Doctor’s Orders: I Have to Lose My Son

I’ve never been one for doctors. In that, I don’t like going. So I didn’t, from just before college until my thirties, unless I was deathly ill. But I got married and my wife, she takes her health seriously. Like …

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Sep
22
2010

Wordless Wednesday: Laundry

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The boy climbs into everything. This is the first in a continuing series. And DCFS: we do not wash and dry our child this way.

Sep
17
2010

All About the Menjamins: Thoughts from the M3 Summit

I have no idea who this child is because he is sitting still.

Last weekend, I was in Atlanta to attend the Modern Man Media Summit. It was touted as the first-ever Dad/male blogger conference. While it wasn’t quite the bacchanal of BlogHer, we all have high hopes for ten-story tall ice sculptures …

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Sep
10
2010

The Jack B’s Blog Hop

Looking for some other parenting voices to check out? You could do a lot worse than reading the below.

Sep
09
2010

Are We Men or Mad Men?

DonCrying

If you watch Mad Men, then you’re watching reticent alpha male Don Draper have a pretty tough year. Divorce. Starting a new agency. Too much drinking. Troubles with his daughter. But one other thing he’s doing, I think, is trying …

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Sep
03
2010

Raising a Rebel Without a Clue What to Do

Jack has hit a pair of developmental milestones at the same time. He is copying almost everything we say. He is also openly defying us. I wasn’t anticipating waging full-on psychological warfare with him until he hit fifteen. (Read this …

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Sep
01
2010

Wordless Wednesday: Texting

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