Part of my ongoing divorce includes a custody agreement, which spells out vacation times with my son. Right now it’s spring break at the pre-school, and this year my ex gets JP all to herself (next year he’s MINE!). That means they are going on vacation together, and I’m feeling lonely. To make matters both …
Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Protocols of Penicillin
JP has strep throat–fun, fun, fun. Nothing beats a miserably sick child with a high temperature for bringing out certain primal parental reflexes. This played out with me when I took him to the pediatrician. We just changed doctors recently because the docs at our previous practice never seemed to be able to get their …
I Am Essential to My Family’s Health
Loyal Dadwagon readers will remember that the last time I went off on a trip—less than a month ago, in fact—my wife and daughter instantly fell ill. There was much coughing, many aches, and copious quantities of mucus released from various facial orifices. No one in our corner of Brooklyn was very happy. Then I …
Odd and Inappropriate
This came from my old Stranger buddy Phil Campbell–who, in case you haven’t heard, is having his book turned into a movie called Grassroots, directed by the wonderfully rambly Stephen Gyllenhaal (watch Jake ‘n’ Maggie’s dad contemplate Seth Rogen for the lead role). Phil has a kid, and is obviously on the lookout for ways …