Yesterday, the Internet was all a-flutter over the news that 25 percent of grown-ass men travel with stuffed animals. Maybe “all a-flutter” is overstating it, but one or two “news” “outlets” covered the Travelodge survey: Travelodge said that 25 percent of men reported they take their teddy bear away with them when going away on …
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Should we let ’em cut the kid?
I think they call it cold feet. A month after setting a date—to have our 2-year-old son’s adenoids operated on and to have tubes placed in his eardrums—we are wondering if it isn’t somehow elective surgery. The procedure is a week away and we’re thinking of cancelling, at least the adenoidal part. I had the …
My First Huge Failure as a Parent
Speaking of solipsistic television personalities, I have a confession to make: My daughter, Sasha, despite all my efforts to keep her unaware of his existence, has fallen in love with Elmo. This actually began several months ago. We’d be walking down a street and pass a toy store, and she’d see him in the window, …
True Blood: New York Edition
Got home a little early for once yesterday, and my wife arrived from the daycare pickup a few minutes later. “So look at this,” she said, holding out our little boy’s arm to reveal two pairs of dark-red scabs. “That’s a bite.” At first I misunderstood, because I had just moments earlier been reading a …