The baby has been acting strange lately. Very strange. On Tuesday, after I brought her home from daycare and fed her a couple of apple slices, she stood up and held out her hand to me. I took it, and she led me into the bathroom, walked to the tub and said, “Xi-xi!” Bath time. …
Monthly Archives: May 2010
What’s the Goddamn Point, Anyway?
You know, you try hard. You buy organic milk for the kid, try to come home early from work, don’t get angry when your wife says she’s tired. You put up with anti-crotchfruit loonies on one side and raging breeders on the other. You save money, get life insurance, start a college fund. You don’t …
In Brooklyn, DadWagon goes… camping
We DadWagoners, so chummy and close in blogland, actually don’t see each other that much. It’s not that we have some sort of seething Fred-hates-Ethel offscreen dysfunction. It’s just that we are scattered across two boroughs, somewhat busy and absent enough from our own homes that we don’t actually have much time to throw back …
Hate makes us happier
The Chronicle of Higher Education, of all places, dropping the true science today: People who indicated strong negative feelings about their ex in the immediate aftermath of the breakup were less likely to be depressed. The subjects were re-tested a month later, and those whose feelings had grown more negative also generally felt better…. I …