Oh, the things you learn about on Twitter: celebrities, stray thoughts, and this, from one of my former colleagues at Harper’s: “Hume’s mother’s mother was his father’s father’s wife. This, says Baier, may have caused his ‘obsession’ with incest.” Baier you can look up yourself. I’m too busy. But Hume, for those who don’t read Harper’s, …
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Welcome Home, Sergeant Weichman
We here at DadWagon aren’t exactly milbloggers, much less fighting men. But we are, as you might have guessed by now, fathers. And it doesn’t have to be Memorial Day or one of those other official spare-a-thought-for-our-soldiers days to get a little verklempt for a dad who gets to come home from the murderous abroad …
I Will Sick My Kid on You
No, that’s not a typo. Since Saturday afternoon, Sasha’s been ill with—as the doctor told us yesterday—coxsackievirus, a.k.a. hand-foot-and-mouth disease. It’s sort of yucky: painful sores in her mouth, lots of drooling (and complaining), bloodshot eyes. But it’s manageable. Ibuprofren deals with the pain well enough that Sasha can eat, and when she’s not hungry, …
I Should Be Able to Use My Daughter to Pick Up Chicks
Our nanny had the day off last Monday and I stayed home with Ellie for the day. We didn’t get up to much, playing on the floor, eating, napping, and then a trip by car to the grocery store, followed by lunch at a nearby restaurant. Ellie has proven so far to be a very …
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