The Modernish Father

I had high hopes of recapping our weekend tonight, but I suddenly find myself very tired. And our weekend wasn’t terribly interesting. The highlight of the weekend (I guess) was taking our annual family photos. This is the first time we’ve had to do it with two kids and it kind of like herding cats. [...]

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Jun. 19th to Jun. 30th:

Last month, I wrote about taking The Girl to participate in a language development study up on campus and today we were back in the Psychology Building again – actually just a few doors down the hall – to donate our baby girl’s brain waves to science. Today’s adventure had to do with the Infant [...]

At our house, either we’re all fine or we’re all having some kind of medical issue at the same time. And those issues are usually totally unrelated. A couple of weeks ago, The Wife, The Boy and The Girl were all battling something or other – pink eye, an ear infection and some kind of [...]

On the surface, George Costanza and I would appear to have a few things in common – namely we’re both shortish, rotund balding men who like to jam as much crap as possible in their wallets and think that it’s not unreasonable for stores to provide their security guards with a comfortable place to sit. [...]

Sleep is starting to become a rare and valuable commodity in our household. For whatever reason, The Girl has decided that sleeping through the night is for losers. Is it teething? Is it a growth spurt? Is it a developmental leap? Is it just plain stubbornness? I don’t know and, quite honestly, I don’t care [...]

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Jun. 2nd to Jun. 17th:

Today is Father’s Day – a holiday, as you may have surmised from the title of this blog, which I personally enjoy. We never really do much of anything for Father’s Day, but generally everyone gives me a little less guff for 24 hours and that’s enough for me. Today also happens to be our [...]