My ex-wife has certain charming underminer tendencies. To wit: J.P. has had a series of rashes of late, along with a runny nose that hasn’t gotten better these past weeks. The Horrible One With Whom I Once Lived interpreted these symptoms, not unreasonably, as signs of potential allergies. Fair enough — every kid on the …
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Super-Important Things My Son Should Know
In honor of this unfortunate child who speaks Klingon, here is some totally useless super-important stuff I will make certain J.P. knows by the time he is 50: 1. The ewoks were speaking Tibetan. 2. The term “peckerwood” has nothing to do with a pecker, an erection, or wood. It is still okay to laugh …
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The Entire World Is Evil, Why Should Hotels Be Different?
Interested in drilling your child in the finer points of false altruism? Thanks to Ritz-Carlton and its “Give Back Getaways,” you can do just that. The Getaways are the luxury hotel chain’s ridiculous effort at voluntourism, or a vacation that allows you to achieve self-congratulatory happiness and a dark, rich tan all at the same …
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Hungry, Food-blogging Super-Mommies
What am I, chopped liver? This story in the LA Times certainly makes it seem that way.