Apparently, the Huffington Post is starting a divorce blog, which is kinda interesting, and if it consistently includes stuff like this from Nora Ephron—”The premise … is that marriage is for some time but divorce is forever”—then it might actually be fun. But I’m not sure I’m on board with Ariana Huffington’s motivation for starting …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Annals of the Former World
With (deep) apologies to the great John McPhee for ripping off his title and slapping it on something far less ambitious, I am revisiting my earlier life for a few days. For the first time, my wife and son are out of town without me, and will be for nearly five days. They’re taking a …
Damn That Nap!
I can’t figure it out: When it comes to parents of young children, is sleep the number one topic of conversation, or is it food? We have these discussions all the time, with friends, family, strangers, the Internet, and they’re all the same: Parent: My baby sleeps poorly. Other parent: My baby sleeps well. You …
Girding for the Big Want
Mail comes to our house. Bills and postcards and renewal notices with some Chinese takeout menus for good measure. These things do not draw any interest from our children, except if they can be scribbled on. Neither has the wave of kid-gear catalogs that come in the mail as well. We’ve been getting at least …