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I appreciate how posts filled with conflict or anger or swears make good reading. And that a post about two young brothers has the potential to be filled with all three. We’re lucky that’s not the case. The boys have …
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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Dec
02
2011
Revisiting Childhood: The Muppets
If I have one childhood memory of The Muppets, it is that we never missed The Muppet Show. Practically and logistically, this can hardly be true. As a family, we surely had some Saturday evening commitment that kept us from seeing that show at least once.
Nov
24
2011
Giving Thanks, 2011 Edition
It’s been a while. We’ve had a heaping helping of change the past couple of months — new little man and a new job for me — so I’ve needed to get my sea legs under me. I’m still working …
Nov
02
2011
(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday: Super-Villain and Son
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.
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 …
Sep
23
2011
The Father’s Prayer For His Son(s)
Toward the end of Bossypants, Tina Fey writes a prayer about what she hopes for her daughter. It’s funny and sweet and true. With little guy #2 less than two weeks away — unless he decides to make an entrance …
Sep
16
2011
“Dada. Whoz God?”
Jack has found religion. It was on his bookshelf, the one in the hall outside his bedroom. The boy has been over-gifted in the book department. I’ve had neither the heart or the inclination to return any of them. That …
