Category Archives: Family

Post-Maternity Leave, Day One

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

First Lesson: Tears only go so far with Daddy. Then Daddy is like Pharaoh. He hardens his heart. Where’s your god now, baby?

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No Tears

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

I’m not opposed to crying, it’s just not something I do. This isn’t to say that I don’t feel awful, whine, complain or even know moments of transcendent joy and relief.  I just very seldom express such things by leaking … Continue reading →

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Are You There, Blog? It’s Me, JJ…

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

Christ, I knew it had been a while since I’d provided content to this thing but a whole month? What could have kept me away for a whole month? Oh yeah… We call him “Little Hulk.” Other things have come … Continue reading →

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Gratitude List

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

Things we are grateful for this Bastardized Pagan Fertility Day: 1. Family 2. Health 3. Comfy middle-class lifestyle 4. Chocolate 5. Atheism 6. “Scalped” by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera 7.  ”Walking Dead” by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard 8. … Continue reading →

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Answering the Call

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

Sometimes we need to take a leap of faith if we are to be true to the better angels of our nature. Not many people know this about me, but I am, by heredity, a Catholic.  My father was raised … Continue reading →

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This the End…

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

So I just lost an hour of my life to government budget cuts. My wife works (hard!) for the federal government.  She commutes on the DC metro-rail system like a huge percentage of working people in the DC metro area. … Continue reading →

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Happy World AIDS Day?

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator

This one sort of snuck up on me.  I wouldn’t have noticed but for the internets and the sign at Starbucks. Quick thoughts:  Number of people I knew personally who have died? Top of my head, four, low for a … Continue reading →

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Not Bad for Some Heavy Elements and Water

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator

It began as usual with getting my boy off to school.  Then it was time to go get my daughter her 18-month physical and H1N1 shot.  She handled both well and dazzled the pediatrician with her recitation of Daddy’s facial … Continue reading →

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