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Archive for July, 2008

NO MORE KISSES

“That’s a great idea!”
Those are the words that spilled from my loving son’s mouth when I said ”no more kisses for you” as I was leaving the house this morning. The only reason I even said that to him is because for the last several weeks he’s been running from me when I try to give him a kiss good-bye [...]

THAT DAD

I was reading an article in this month’s Details – apparently just by reading said mag I am metrosexual – about being thatguy. You know the guy that does things that are a little odd, or out of character, or in some cases that are stereotypical, or a caricature of a real guy. For example, the guy who [...]

IT’S ALL COMING TOGETHER, I THINK

We’re back from Disney, the new job starts tomorrow, and yesterday I got a chance to see the documentary that I’m appearing in this Fall. What’s more, my first non-fiction fatherhood story will be published soon as part of a collection in an upcoming book (I got the check for the article a few weeks ago [...]