Today is March 1st, a notable day around here because the New York Public Schools pre-K program list (here as a .pdf) was posted online at 7 a.m. this morning. Okay, so this post may be of interest only to me and fellow Gothamists, but here it is: Theodore and I have been complaining about …
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Dad, it’s all your fault
There are many things I blame Michael Douglas for. I blame him for not just acting in but also producing The Jewel of the Nile. I blame him and for trying to make us think that Demi Moore would sexually harass him in Disclosure. I blame him for glorifying anti-cholo violence in Falling Down. I would not blame …
Snow Day
I got the call at 6:20 this morning from Dalia’s teacher. Snow day. It’s not hard to tell why. The backyard looks like a Coors light commercial. That lump in the middle? That’s Nico’s big plastic car. What is bumming me out is that I still have to crawl off to some hole and write …
Dr. Laura, You May Be Quiet Now
From our friends at Dad-Blogs.com, a heads-up that Dr. Laura Schlessinger has said something achingly stupid and anachronistic. It wouldn’t be the first time. “Doctor” Laura (not an M.D., but a Ph.D, in rat physiology, no less) has made a career out of pseudo-scientific renderings of what is essentially a worldview stolen from outdated romance …