My Wife Just Said… #55
“Sometimes I just don’t get them [the kids] like you do. I’m a grown woman, but… you’re part kid.” -Elizabeth – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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Baby Teeth & Other Ferocious Fangs
[ click the image to enlarge ] New baby teeth are such a fake out. As a parent, you suffer so much for those little things to come in, so when they do, you almost want to do backflips, build a bonfire and set off fireworks. Maybe we’re talking about me at this point, but [...]
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Jedi Baby
When I was a kid, I knew this wise old man who was very into mystical Eastern philosophy. I didn’t really have a clue what that even meant beyond the little education I’d received from TV shows and movies. Which should basically tell you I wasn’t just dumb as a rock on the subject, I [...]
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Single Dad Vader
Sometimes, an author/creative-type comes along and shows you that you suck. At everything. Ever. Jeffrey Brown is that man to me right now. Jeff (you know, since we’re friends now) made a little book titled “Darth Vader and Son” which follows Vader, as if he were the engaged father we all wanted him to be, [...]
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The Black Hole Zone of Cribs, Car Seats & Stollers
[ click the image to enlarge ] Before you have kids, it doesn’t seem possible you could lose much in a crib, car seat or stroller. They’re just a frame with bars and a frilly mattress, a cushioned bucket with a test-pilot’s buckling system and an over-sized folding chair on wheels covered by fabric. None [...]
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My Wife Just Said… #54
“Being married to him would be the worst torture on the planet. Waterboarding would be foreplay compared to that.” -Avara – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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A Better Person
Becoming a parent does not make you a better person. Yeah, I said it. I know people like to talk about how becoming a dad or a mom has made them a better human being, that they’ve reformed or magically transformed over night. But that’s not the case for me and I doubt that it’s [...]
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Equipment: Revenge of the Crazy
We used to have an “Equipment” section and it tanked. Big time. Like Titanic big time and we could probably attribute that failure to many things, but let’s just chalk it up to the fact that we were young and foolish. Our naive blogging. It’s so three months ago. Anyway, we’ve decided to try this [...]
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WOMEN’S EDITION! 50 Ways to Nudge Your Lover (Part 3 of 5)
WARNING: Don’t be mad at me. I was told by very persistent sex-deprived women to post this for them! Women also need to drop a clue to their men that they’re in the mood for love. The washing machine set to a feverish spin cycle can only see a girl so far, and can [...]
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Ninja Parent Lessons: The Scissor Kiss
Ninjas have long known that the skill of being able to kill someone with one arm tied behind their back was a worthy achievement. For parents, this level of skill can become useful in the task of keeping someone ALIVE with an arm tied behind your back. Most people don’t realize that the ancient art [...]
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