Months ago, he started saying “Dada,” and I thought very little of it beyond “awww.” It was a pair of easy-to-vocalize syllables, one that certainly didn’t mean “Daddy.” A (female) relative suggested that dads have adopted the term because their children could say it so early, and I agree with her. If a typical first …
Monthly Archives: April 2010
East River Hero
In a city where firefighters are the Bravest and cops are the Finest, there’s no shortage of hyperbole. So I shouldn’t be surprised to find out that the Hero Dad of the East River might be something a little, um, less amazing. I mean, yes, it was sort of miraculous. The dude jumped 20 feet …
Best Quote Ever of the Day
“Children, after all, are only semi-socialised creatures who can be expected to behave pretty savagely from time to time.” —Terry Eagleton (channeling our own Ted Ross?) in The New Statesman
“Baruch Atah Ado— Hey, Stop Hitting Your Sister!”
Except for a missing foreskin, plentiful facial hair and general anxiety around Germans, there’s not much I have in common with most Hasidim. That whole no-pork thing just isn’t going to fly in the Gross-Liu household, and while I do cut a dashing figure in black, I am rather particular about my underwear. Oh, and having …
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