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

Latest posts

Answering Jack’s Big Questions — May 17, 2012
Wordless Wednesday: Frequent Flier Smiles — May 16, 2012
Inappropriate Songs I Sing to the Boys — May 10, 2012
My Son. The Whys Guy. — April 23, 2012
How to Travel With Small Children — April 6, 2012

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Apr
25
2011

In Brightest Day, In Jackest Night

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Here’s all you need to know about Green Lantern, this a description from the writer Grant Morrisson. He’s the one with the wishing ring. Whatever a Green Lantern thinks, as long as he has the will, his ring can make …

Tags: Green Lantern, Kilowog, Mattel, play, toys

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Apr
07
2011

Trading Places With My Wife

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I don’t mean this as any kind of insult, but I think of myself more as a writer than a blogger. And it isn’t because I’m some tortured soul who has an open bottle of whiskey sitting on his desk. …

Tags: melt downs, moms, Mr. Mom, stay-at-home parenting, terrible twos

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Apr
01
2011

Says Anything

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by Alan

I bought a notebook early in Lara’s first pregnancy with the idea that, when the child became a certain age, I’d give it to him/her. S/he could get a sense of who his parents were before and during his arrival …

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Mar
28
2011

Do I Have To Change the Name of My Blog?

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This is the new parenting: your wife tells you that she’s pregnant and a couple of things run through your head. When can I post about it? And since we’re going to have a second child, does this mean I …

Tags: morning sickness, pregnancy, second kid

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Mar
19
2011

City v. Suburbs: Part Two

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Suburbs

by Alan

If you squint, you can see our new place toward the back.

The suburbs are winning. Insert obligatory Charlie Sheen reference or demented cackle here. We’re moving, at the end of the month, from our Chicago condo to a house in a northern suburb. We’ve already started the long pack, which is …

Tags: city, moving, suburbs

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Mar
07
2011

Letters to Jack: Why You Should Read

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by Alan

This is the only age that this shirt is funny.

March 9 is World Read Aloud Day, a day I was tuned into by Chris Singer, a great dad and beyond prolific reviewer of books over at Book Dads. The day is being organized by LitWorld, whose mission is to …

Tags: books, Letters to Jack, Little Blue Truck, Reading, World Read Aloud Day

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Feb
24
2011

Why I Hate Caillou

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by Alan

I am probably not alone in my parental aspiration to try and accept everything that Jack likes in life. But I hate Caillou. For the unitiated or childless: Caillou is a cartoon about a four-year old Canadian boy who is …

Tags: caillou, kid culture, little beans cafe, television

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Feb
12
2011

In Which I Promote Other Places I’m Writing

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by Alan

Because you’ve demanded it, I’ve embarked on a maniacal, single-minded quest to become the Oprah of Dad bloggers. If you enjoy my rambles here, I direct you to the below. If you hate my rambles here, then I direct you to …

Tags: clorox, expanding empire, fatherfolk, guest posting, Oprah, thirtymag, valentine's day, Writing

4 comments

Feb
10
2011

Revisiting Childhood: Spider-Man

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Revisiting Childhood is an ongoing feature in which I re-experience something from my childhood, break down crying in remembrance of my lost innocence and write about it. (This is all true except for that middle part.) The plan, subject to …

Tags: childhood, foxwoods theatre, julie traynor, Spider-Man, turn off the dark, u2

7 comments

Feb
07
2011

My Two-Year Old Son Rates The SB Commericals

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Fatherhood

by Alan

Jack spent the week sporadically yelling, “Super Bowl!” and “Football!” (I may have had something to do with this.) The two-year old mind, and especially the two-year old male mind, operates on a very basic level. I’ve already sussed out …

Tags: audi, budweiser, chevy, commercials, darth vader, super bowl, transformers 3, volkswagen

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In Brightest Day, In Jackest Night

Trading Places With My Wife

Says Anything

Do I Have To Change the Name of My Blog?

City v. Suburbs: Part Two

Letters to Jack: Why You Should Read

Why I Hate Caillou

In Which I Promote Other Places I’m Writing

Revisiting Childhood: Spider-Man

My Two-Year Old Son Rates The SB Commericals

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