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Things I did in the name of costume verisimilitude were, in hindsight, colossal errors in judgement. After I washed the black stuff out of Jack’s hair, the tub looked like something out of the Overlook Hotel.
About the Dad
Alan Kercinik has been a Chicagoan his whole life and a dad since 2009. He finds it easy to relate to his two boys, since he still likes most things from his childhood. All opinions here are his own, to the relief of his wife, employer, family and majority of his friends.
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Category Archive: Comic Books
Oct
17
2011
Why We Named Our Sons After Spider-Man
Dear Jack Peter and Reid Parker – I feel like an explanation is in order. Or at least some clarity. I love comic books. Even though you are both younger than three, you both probably know this by now. That …
Jul
27
2011
What Captain America Taught Me About Fatherhood
It should surprise just about no one when I say that I saw Captain America: The First Avenger on Saturday. I dug it. It’s one of the better movies I’ve seen this summer and definitely one of the better superhero …
Apr
25
2011
In Brightest Day, In Jackest Night
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 …
Feb
10
2011
Revisiting Childhood: Spider-Man
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 …
Jan
20
2011
Boy Talk
Jack has been building his vocabulary for a while now. That vocabulary includes the word, “Ass!”, which he learned from me, quite loudly, after someone cut off my wife while we were driving. So we’re in that be-careful-what-you-say mode of …
Aug
31
2010
Parenting in an Age of Train Wreck
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 …
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 …