After having consulted our wise (if not board-certified) readers about young Nico’s surgery, we decided to do the tubes in the ears and skip the adenoidectomy. It all went down this morning, with the improbably early arrival time of 6am at the hospital (why are surgeons such morning people?). The wife and I put on …
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From Sweden with Outrageous Social Benefits
A quick and belated shot-out to DadWagon friend (and, when we are lucky, commenter) Nathan Hegedus, who currently has the “most liked” story on Slate, about The Happy Life of a Swedish Dad. Why is it most liked? Because, at root, it’s about the superiority of the European safety net, a cherished trope among Slate-reading …
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It’s Funny Because it’s True
The Onion anticipates DadWagon’s next big move. Or, if we don’t actually escape from New York, we will certainly start fantasizing about it, around the time that the white snow turns ochre with dog feces and frat vomit. The article’s money quote, as far as I’m concerned: “This is no place to raise a kid, …
The Cutest Thing I’ve Ever Wanted to Kill
I don’t know what happened between 7:58pm, when my boy was jumping up and down with excitement about the chocolate cake we were about to have for his great-grandfather’s 88th birthday, and 8:45pm, when he was screaming like I’d shot his foot when I tried to get him into the bath. Whatever the change, I …
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