I’ve never been much of a drug user—apart from the odd, unexpected joint, I rarely take anything stronger than Scotch and iburprofren—but a recent New Yorker article, combined with my travel schedule, reminded me of a drug that I wish existed. First, though, the New Yorker piece, which was about the scientist David Eagleman, who …
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I Had a Dream
As surely annoying as it is to hear about someone else’s dreams, especially on a website ostensibly about parenting, but this dream, which along with a mosquito kept me from a proper night’s sleep the other day on the island of Samos, is odd enough that I’m going to force you to read about it: …
What Almost Made Me Cry Today: Gmail Edition
Oh god, oh god, oh god! Fuck you, Gmail, for making this ad, in which a tech-savvy dad uses all of Google’s web services to create a portrait of his adorable daughter starting the day she’s born, with the idea that one day he’ll share with her all the e-mails he’s written her, YouTube videos …
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Bad Children’s Names, From Aiden to Zyzz
So, the latest “Ha-ha! Stupid parents!” meme that’s floating around the Internet is this delightful list (by Amy Goldwasser) of children’s names in the most recent Crewcuts catalog. There’s a Quincy and an Ava in there, and Walker and Scout, and Isabela and Finn, and Roman and Bella and Stella and Helena and Georges. Plenty …