Alan

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Name: Alan Kercinik
Date registered: May 3, 2009
URL: http://alwaysjacked.com

Latest posts

  1. The 11 Things Super Bowl Ads Said About Parenting — February 5, 2012
  2. Why Getting My Son a Passport May Turn Me Into a Republican — January 31, 2012
  3. City v. Suburbs Pt. 3: The Tale of the Bird House — January 27, 2012
  4. Things I Don’t Want My Sons to Get From Me — January 20, 2012
  5. Sesame Street Is Trying to Drive Me Insane — January 12, 2012

Most commented posts

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  2. Trading Places With My Wife — 15 comments
  3. Why I Took A One-Year-Old To Work — 14 comments
  4. 100 Words or Less About Love — 13 comments
  5. All About the Menjamins: Thoughts from the M3 Summit — 12 comments

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Feb
05
2012

The 11 Things Super Bowl Ads Said About Parenting

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Here's one way to get a snack and not miss any of the game.

With nothing but Twitter to keep me company, I found myself thinking about what the ads said about families.

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Jan
31
2012

Why Getting My Son a Passport May Turn Me Into a Republican

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This felt tempting, but would be counter-productive.

Bitching about this is a #firstworldproblem, an alternate version of “My latte was too cold” or “My golf bag doesn’t have room to hold twelve beers.” But getting a passport for a small child is a colossal pain in the ass.

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Jan
27
2012

City v. Suburbs Pt. 3: The Tale of the Bird House

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How Jack sees our new home.

After a year of looking, we bought a house. Our biggest worry is the bird.

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Jan
20
2012

Things I Don’t Want My Sons to Get From Me

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I can laugh now. Kind of.

Both boys, in different ways, are displaying signs of my genetic contribution. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

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Jan
12
2012

Sesame Street Is Trying to Drive Me Insane

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I feel ya, Bert.

This week at CES, Sesame Street announced that it would become the first interactive television show. Kids are going to be able to count with Grover and toss coconuts into bushel baskets, all thanks to a partnership with Microsoft.

This does not bode well.

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Jan
11
2012

Wordless Wednesday: Two Little Guys. One Little Shirt.

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Reid Parker @ 3 months

The age of hand-me-down has begun. Jack, seeing Reid in his old shirt, said, “I want a shirt like that,” which means I will be buying the same shirt in different sizes for the rest of my life.

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Jan
10
2012

If You Need One, A Reason To Hug Your Kids

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Nicholas Kristof wrote a column on Sunday, detailing the findings of an upcoming study about the effects of stress on kids. The short version: toxic stress is not good for them.

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Jan
06
2012

Want to Change in 2012? Watch a Kid.

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I think kids have an impact on their parents’ habits. (Aside from sleep habits. We all know what kids do to those. They treat our need for sleep the same way they treat a diaper.)

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Dec
23
2011

How Much Christmas is Too Much Christmas?

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I don’t know that developmental guides about childhood are worth much. They’re sort of like a college education. Helpful theories with little practical application. I appreciate knowing when my son should smile at me for the first time, but no …

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Dec
21
2011

My Son is a Dick.

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Over the past week or so, two different dads have told me, in effect, “My son is being a total dick.” Neither are bad fathers. On the contrary, they are both engaged, loving dads. The kind who fight the Hollywood …

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