Category Archives: Family
Meeting Brandon Mull
It’s starting to seem like there’s an author under every rock down here. This morning we braved Costco (blowing Southwest Airlines away when it comes to making customers feel like cattle) for some shopping and found out that Brandon Mull, … Continue reading
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Barry Manilow and parental influence
I was recently reading the liner notes for a Barry Manilow compilation album, and was struck by this passage: His lifelong love of music was given a direction when his mother remarried Willie Murphy, a truck driver for Schaefer Brewery … Continue reading
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Concern for my daughter
At first I was going to write about Rush Limbaugh and how hypocritical the rapid, uncivil response has been. Then I wanted to write about Ms. Fluke and why everyone should pay for her contraception. But ultimately I decided I … Continue reading
I heart libraries
One of the nice things about being gainfully employed again is that we’ve been able to start buying books again. Our kids are beyond bookworms–perhaps the term “book black holes”. My kids scarf down books the way some kids scarf … Continue reading
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This may sound like a re-run
I know my wife works hard. A few days a year I get a small taste of it. One of those days occurred recently when she had her birthday. All I did was to get the kids up and organized (they … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day 2012
There are plenty of songs I wish I could say I’d written. There are many songs that can say what I feel better than I could ever capture in words. One such song is Ghazal (Love Song) by Tangerine Dream. … Continue reading
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Walter’s bookcase
My older son has been running out of place for his books in his bedroom, so when he got a brand new, hard bound edition of Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stonefor Christmas he decided it was time to build … Continue reading
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Richard and the Bee
As a parent there are times you just have to cross your fingers, pray, and hope for the best. We had such a situation this week. Our youngest–and most shy–child decided to enter the school spelling bee. His division would … Continue reading
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And the children are all above average
One of the most difficult things for adults to be objective about is their own children. Either they’re the smartest, most talented, most well-behaved angels ever to walk face of the earth, or they’re the most horrible monsters ever created. … Continue reading
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Famous parents in the news
Perhaps it’s just that the bulk of Hollywood’s personalities set the bar so low, but it’s always encouraging to see signs of good parenting among the Hollywood elite. It was “Fathers Day” online today, as both Brad Pitt and Mark … Continue reading
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