Tag Archives: Family
I already know that Brave will rock
Daughter: “Can we see the clip again, Dad?” Me: “Absolutely.” We are SO there.
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The bullshit of gender-coding, cont’d
Nate DiMeo writes an open letter to the toy company Melissa & Doug, care of two of their merchandise characters: Dear Abby and Emma (the girls in my daughter’s magnetic dress-up doll kit from the toy company Melissa & Doug), … Continue reading
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“An invention that’s killing us”: The double-edged sword of modern time
Our daughter is waging a losing battle with time. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make that sound morbid. No, she’s fine and in good health. But she is discovering what most of us eventually learn — that in the … Continue reading
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“The Luckiest”
For my wife, on the eve of our wedding anniversary. I love you, my dear.
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Ten years on
We heard the first boom and didn’t think much of it — perhaps a van or garbage truck or some other anonymous vehicle backfiring outside our Brooklyn apartment. Maybe it rattled our windows, shut against the heat. Maybe the sound … Continue reading
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The infinite city, cont’d: Riding the taxi
From a New York Times editorial in praise of the yellow cab: Sometimes it occurs to you that if you raised an arm at the curb on most of the streets in America, nothing would happen. [...] [I]t’s almost impossible … Continue reading
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My own private Idaho
Scenes from a family vacation. (Thanks to our daughter for her lovely photos of the horse next door, the rushing creek, the stairway of hollow blocks, and the clouds drifting past the treetops.) My one regret is not having the … Continue reading
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Miscellany: Waiting for Irene; Neil Gaiman kicks my lazy ass; girl scientists rock (and so does Kirsten Gillibrand); Harry Potter ends; more atheist fun
Well, I’m back (and wishing I could have brought Idaho’s clear night sky back with me). And now we’re hunkering down in our apartment, bracing for the flooding from Hurricane Irene, which is due to hit New York later tonight: … Continue reading
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There are no girls in Mordor
8:00 this morning: “Ramble On” is blasting out of our stereo. Our daughter stops practicing her ballroom dance steps to listen to Robert Plant wail: T’was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair But Gollum … Continue reading
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Snow and the city
Holy cow. We’ve been away the past week and a half, visiting with family in California, and the pictures and reports out of New York are just endlessly fascinating. Our daughter is bummed about having missed all that snow; the … Continue reading
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