Have you ever heard of a guy named Roger Dawson? No, well, if your toddler is anything like mine, perhaps you should. He’s the author of You Can Get Anything You Want, but You Have To Do More Than Ask. These days, everything I do with JP is a function of haggling. “Breakfast: A Tragedy …
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Our Glowing Contaminant, Part XLVI
Yesterday evening seemed to be going normally. I picked Sasha up from her babysitter around 5:30, stopped at the supermarket to buy some overpriced organic milk, then lugged her stroller, diaper bag, the mail and the groceries up the stairs while Sasha gingerly climbed ahead of me. But once we were inside, Sasha—after playing with …
My Dad the Killer (or “Hero”)
We each, in our own way, seek to love and honor our fathers, even if that sometimes means killing them after finding them “in the clinch” with our wives. So it shouldn’t be so shocking that Samantha Bell would call her father — the sadsack IRS killer-pilot Joe Stack — a “hero.” She told Good Morning …
The Tantrum: Should I Send My Kid to Private School?
(This is the Tantrum, in which DadWagon’s editors debate one question over the course of a week. For previous Tantrums, click here.) Let’s be clear about this right from the start: No, and not because I don’t want to (I’ll get to my feelings on that later). It’s because I can’t. For those of you …
Continue reading “The Tantrum: Should I Send My Kid to Private School?”