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Ishmael vs. Ahab vs. Jean Shepherd vs. Myself: One Night Only!

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

To my father, the height of art was Jean Shepherd reading poetry. Shepherd often read poetry on his radio show–performed it, really, as vaudevillians once did with famous verse of their day. The poems could be genuinely great writing like … Read on! —->

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True Parenting Terror

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

I keep seeing ads for the impending movie What to Expect When You’re Expecting. (Movies like that aren’t “upcoming;” they’re “impending,” like doom.) As with any other Jennifer Lopez vehicle, this shouldn’t warrant mentioning. And yet, I bristle each time … Read on! —->

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Baby’s First Brooklyn Moment

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

On Sunday morning, me and the family took a brief trip into Greenpoint to pick up some gardening supplies and to stroll. I lived in Greenpoint for six pre-kid years and I still love it there, though I don’t find … Read on! —->

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The Style Dad Council

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

I’ve been working out for a couple of months, with a consistency and determination I haven’t shown in many moons. I’ve also been trying to eat better, or at least not eat such enormous portions of things. My problem has … Read on! —->

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The Sub-Atomic World of Two Year Olds

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

Being a parent is hard. Everyone knows this, whether you have kids or not. But you can’t know the true depths of how difficult parenting is until you have a kid. Don’t mean to pull rank. It’s just true. There’s … Read on! —->

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I Don’t Know Much About Art, But I Know What I Hate

Posted on May 22, 2009 by

The tweeting of bigplastichead alerted me to the blog Tiny Art Director. The site’s author (professional illustrator Bill Zeman) draws things he’s told to draw by his four-year-old daughter. She then critiques them as only a four-year-old girl can. Which … Read on! —->

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Kids Mock the Darnedest Things!

Posted on April 21, 2009 by

Whilst catching up on a DVRed epsiode of Best Week Ever, The Baby had a mild-but-loud freakout. We paused the show at this precise moment so we wouldn’t miss any of the hilarity: But as we tried to calm The … Read on! —->

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Why You Should Never Buy Pricey Toys for Your Children

Posted on March 27, 2009 by

There’s one block of Flushing Avenue, right around Bedford, that’s completely torn up. And it’s been completely torn up since I started taking the bus to work. The street is literally ripped open, with a huge, gaping hole cordoned off … Read on! —->

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We Have a New Rude Douche Champion!

Posted on February 13, 2009 by

A while back, I wrote of a grocery store parking lot incident that occurred when I was still a newish father. My baby clunked her head on a shopping cart, got upset, and proceeded to yak several metric tons of … Read on! —->

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Unreasonable Anger Theatre Presents: Kids Wear the Darnedest Things

Posted on January 27, 2009 by

Something dumb that drives me nuts: Kids who refuse to dress up. This is not an Adult Feeling for me, or a Parent Feeling. Even when I was a kid, it really bothered me when I saw other kids at … Read on! —->

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