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February 20th, 2010
Being male, for all of my life I never really “got” the whole maternal instinct thing. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids and would go to the ends of the earth to protect them and to give them any opportunity I could. But I have always heard that a “mother’s love” was so [...]
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February 14th, 2010
Not as bad as it might seem.We were out and I was being a real pain in the neck trying to video her. And if that’s the worse thing a 16 yr old throws my way, I am ahead of the game!
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February 6th, 2010
Dateline: February 6, 2010, Annapolis, MD
Youngest daughter: Daddy, I’m bored, can you take me to my friend’s house today?
Dad: Uhm, no!
Youngest daughter: Why?
Dad: WTF?
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January 10th, 2010
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Are Kids Really All That Dumb?
Sometimes I wonder. My daughter is brilliant. She never studies and never falls off the honor roll. She has a great group of friends. She does not do drugs or drink. She is witty, funny and generally fun to be around.
But sometimes I just have to wonder where [...]
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October 25th, 2009
I can remember like it was yesterday. My ex wife was in labor, and I was holding her hand encouraging her as I crouched on the floor. The doctors and nurses asked why I was down on the floor and I merely explained that there was a high probability of me passing out at some [...]
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August 27th, 2009
WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC
This is a Public Service Announcement produced in the UK. It is a bit long and very graphic. But if you have teens and they may be driving soon, every one of them needs to see this! And adults are just as guilty!
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August 23rd, 2009
A friend of my youngest daughter just got her belly button pierced. To make it worse, she did it herself! Now my kids are not into piercing anything, including ears so there is no interest.
I understand the allure of teenagers and young adults but this girl is just 12. Now I have always said that [...]
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August 9th, 2009
Major Crisis At Home
I wanted to open up to this blog and let you know that my family’s world came crashing down very unexpectedly yesterday afternoon around 4:00pm.
It was a weekend when I had my children and it was hot and oppressively muggy out so we were pretty much indoors for most of the day. [...]
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July 30th, 2009
Apparently, the Swine Flu left Maryland and left a good dose of stupidity in its place. But adults are safe; apparently it is only affecting teenagers.
Stupid Act #1
I asked my son to turn on the gas grill for dinner. He comes down and says it will not start. I asked if he tried to use [...]