When Jean and I finally gave in and decided to throw a party for Sasha’s second birthday, I was expecting doom. Disaster. An armageddon of tears, bonked heads, cupcake-frosting stains, and parents so offended we’d have to change schools. Luckily, things went okay. We rolled up the carpets in the living room, bought a bunch …
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Last week, as you may remember, we Dadwagoneers tried to figure out how we could successfully ignore Santa Claus, Christmas and the whole swarm of wintertime Christianity. Well, it appears we, or at least I, may have brought some indirect Internet backlash on ourselves/myself, as this week I’ve begun to come across all kinds of …
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I don’t know if this kid Spencer Tweedy can add, subtract, multiply or solve partial differential equations, but he can (thanks, I guess, to Auto-Tune) sing: A few weeks ago, my algebra class was assigned a project called “Mathematic Karaoke,” for which were told to pick a song, make it about numbers (and stuff), and …
You know what’s worse than being home sick from school? Being home sick on your birthday. Unless, of course, you’re not really all that sick, so you get to enjoy your birthday presents. Which in Sasha’s case were/was a scooter. I don’t know if this is just a New York thing, but the three-wheeled Mini-Kickboard …
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