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.
Jan
12
2012
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.
Jan
06
2012
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.)
Feb
05
2011
Revisiting Childhood will be an ongoing yet irregularly scheduled feature in which I re-experience something from my childhood, break down crying in remembrance of my lost innocence, then write about it. (This is all true except for that middle part.) …
Aug
05
2010
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.
Jul
06
2010
Dear Steve Jobs, There is a lot of time and energy spent analyzing what makes Apple successful. I figured it out. And I have to tell you, you’re disgusting. Most people waste their breath gushing over your sense of design. …
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