Headed toward daycare, pushing the Boo in his stroller. Light changes, and I’m just pushing him over the lip of the curb when zoom: a skateboarder appears out of nowhere, fast, the wrong way up the one-way street. He pulls up as hard as possible, practically falling off his board in the process, and arcs …
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I’ll Tell You What the Goddamn Point Is: This.
Being a catastrophist by nature, I think about this all the time as I push my son down the street in his stroller: What would I do if a real emergency blew up in my face this very second? This guy knew: I hope to god that, at my advanced age, I have his reflexes.
When Is a Touch Bad?
How do you feel about random strangers who touch your child? (I don’t mean that kind of touching–I leave those posts to Theodore.) I’m talking about people who come up to our baby’s stroller and put a hand to his face. Or encounter him in a booster seat at the coffee shop and pick him …
Wait…What Was This Post Going to Be About Again?
Oh, this is hilarious. An outfit called the Hotchkiss Brain Institute is saying that new dads start producing new brain cells. I have no idea about how good their science is, especially from this little press report. I also know perfectly well that more brain cells does not equal better brain cells–otherwise, elephants and whales …
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