Category Archives: Family

Miss Communication

If they don’t want you to wear a costume to your kid’s Back to School Night shouldn’t that be in the announcement? Common courtesy goes a long way.

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Sprinting

Mentally reviewing my to-do list this afternoon led me to a realization.  While I am not lazy, I am constitutionally weak when it comes to finishing long-term projects. Repairing the fence?  I put in a good afternoon a few months … Continue reading

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No Fair, PBS. Need Sleep…

Tried turning off the TV after watching “Mad Men” with the wife.  Switched back to PBS as the default channel so our kids don’t turn on the set before school and find HBO’s early morning repeat of “Pimps Up/Hos Down.” … Continue reading

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9-12, I Win

Today, while teabaggers across the nation rallied to replace the United States government with a perverted clown college that can’t add or spell, I drove my family east toward the US Naval Academy and dinner with my in-laws. My in-laws … Continue reading

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Facebook Philosophy 101

Why do we do Facebook? To keep up with friends far away. To share a laugh or a concern. To screw with South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint. All these things are enriching and fun. Why do we not do Facebook? … Continue reading

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Post-Maternity Leave, Day One

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

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…

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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