JP has entered an interesting phase of his development. A couple of weeks ago I received an irate phone call from his mother. She told me that JP had refused to do something she had told him to do, and his rationale for telling her no was that he always got to do exactly what …
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A Week on the Wagon: I See Hebrews Edition
The DadWagon Tantrum had a decidedly Judaic cast this week, with all three of us weighing in on the unfair treatment that Hanukkah receives at the hands of Christmas. And yet we have fought back! With a mighty vengeance not seen … since our last Tantrum on some other insignificant topic! At the very least, …
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Does Parenting Make You Think of Death?
The Hairpin posted this very funny video. Check it out below (and run it through Bennyhillifier.com for even more hilarity): All well and good–frippery of this nature is what the Internet was created for. What’s more, it’s nice to see something out there that is both cute and funny, doesn’t include cats (not that I …
The Spinagogue!
Warning: while the video below looks like it was produced in 1942 with Internet gerbils spinning a fiber-optic power wheel, it’s not. Major League Dreidel exists, people participate–there’s one guy who calls himself the “Spintuation” (get it?)– and believe it or not, I’m actually devoting a section of my book to trying to understand the …