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Fatherhood

Like many, I’m sure, I read with sadness the news that the Encyclopedia Britannica was closing yesterday (only the print edition, as it turns out). Then surprise, as I didn’t realize EB still existed. I sure never found it when helping the kids with their science projects. Perhaps there’s a lesson there? Helping the kids during science [...]

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My fifth grader is having to learn US geography — in particular, to look at a blank map and write in the correct name for each of the states. I think that’s great. I love maps and geography. But that’s a lot of states. I’ve been sharing with him a number of ways I’ve somehow [...]

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10 Years As A Dad

by on February 12, 2009

in Fatherhood,Life

Ten years ago today, my life changed forever. I became a father. A decade has passed, and it seems like yesterday and forever, simultaneously. I’d thought about being a father before I became one, but I didn’t fully comprehend how much it changes you once it happens. For one, you’re ready to die for them. [...]

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Flipping through the LA Times last weekend, Meghan Daum had an opinion piece talking about President Obama as a new role model for Black fathers. That brought me up short, because in the past few weeks, I’ve just been thinking about him as a role model for any father, including myself. Daum wrote: It’s worth [...]

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I’ve read plenty of articles by now that cover how much people might be exposing themselves to identity theft through social networking and social sharing sites. But I’ve had a different worry over the past year or so. Is all my twittering, Flickr posting, Facebooking and so on putting my kids in danger? Think about [...]

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After 12 years of living in the UK, I’m going home — back to Southern California, back to Newport Beach. This will be a fairly personal post about the decision my family has made, but my blog was supposed to be for more than writing about gadgets and computers and donuts. Good writing is often [...]

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My boys were playing baseball today. Just up and decided to play all by themselves, which is a pretty big thrill for an American dad living in England. OK, I’m a sports idiot, as I’ve written before. But I like baseball, going to the odd game on occasion, or pretending I know how to actually [...]

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My arms are aching. The kids are out of school for spring break, and my wife got a new trampoline for them to play on. I got dragged out of the office just now to help her secure those "last few springs" to hitch the trampoline to its frame.

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When I opened my hotel room door Wednesday morning, the front page of USA Today sitting outside of it made me smile. It featured a big picture of the Peanuts characters in A Charlie Brown Christmas, one of my holiday favorites. But what’s this about being a baby boomer tradition! The classic that almost wasn’t [...]

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One of tonight’s bedtime books was You Wouldn’t Want to Be an American Pioneer! This was another great find I came across on a trip back home recently. It’s both well illustrated and chock full of information on what it was like to cross the country back in the 1800s. The kids especially like the [...]

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