Once again the weekend found us in Brooklyn, and I found myself asking the question that has no answer: why don’t we live there? Actually there is an answer. My wife works in northern New Jersey, and only a masochist would commute through Manhattan. But I won’t let that legitimate reason prevent me from grousing …
Monthly Archives: January 2010
A Week on the Wagon
Something about the new year made DadWagon a little jumpy. We kicked it off by fretting about sidewalk electrocution, and moved quickly to worrying about the choices other parents make. We cursed, trainspotted and clusterfucked (strictly in the epidemiological sense), and we were only half-joking when we advocated beating children. Theodore, who lost a cherished …
The Tantrum: Ratting Out Your Kid, Part 4
(This is our second run of “The Tantrum,” in which each of our four regulars will address one subject over the course of a week. Previous Tantrum: TV or not TV?) With all due respect to my learned colleagues Matt, Nathan, and Christopher, I have to say that this Tantrum (I’m holding my breath and …
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The Human Dust Mop
I tell myself that our house is better-kept than most. Not better than everyone’s, certainly; there’s a level of everyday cleanliness that really cannot be achieved by a two-income family with no housekeeper. If we had one of those all-white minimalist interiors, it would be maximalist dingy before long. But I am enough of a …