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On the 4th Day of Christmas: Christmas Lies?

December 15th, 2007 · 11 Comments

Poor little guy …
I’ve written before against the evils of Santa Claus…
Actually that’s not true. I just made fun of him. Much to the (very mild) disgust of Hula Doula (who remains a good buddy and has forgiven me for being a curmudgeon).
So I didn’t really write that Santa Claus is a dubious myth…
But someone else has. Dawn [...]

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Wednesday’s What’s Yours: Theme Songs

November 21st, 2007 · 10 Comments

I’ve decided to mix up the Wednesdays a little and change the format today. Rather than What’s Worse, let’s be positive and ask a different kind of question…
April Groves recently asked a great question: What’s Your Theme Song?
So I’m re-asking it.
I’ve decided mine is John Mayer’s “Bigger than My Body Now“.
What’s Yours?

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Thought for the Day

November 9th, 2007 · 3 Comments

“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.”
Robert A Heinlein

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Jerry on Father Fashion

October 23rd, 2007 · 7 Comments

“A Dad dresses in the style of the last good year of his life.”
- Jerry Seinfeld.
Agree or disagree?

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Man & Wife

October 19th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Ten years ago I went to a “Manhood” seminar. Maybe I was hoping to buy some from the merchandise tables or something, I dunno.
Anyhow, I distinctly remember something the keynote speaker Ed Cole said. I’ve heard it repeated by other writers many times, including Biddulph.
“When a man acts like a child, it makes his wife act [...]

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Thought for today

September 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments

“Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand”
- Unknown

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