Looking at Distant Water and Thinking About What Kids Do
The kids may act along with their better angels, but inexperience leads the astray. Thankfully I lived in a more forgiving time.
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Kids! What’s The Matter With Kids Today?
The evidence indicates people have been bitching about the insanity of their children dating all the way back to the mid 1800’s, and probably far beyond.
Meet The Knightmares: Vegas Golden Knights Littlest Un-Official Fan Club
The NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights went all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2018, and something miraculous happened. Once again, Vegas is strong, and for three adorable little girls their joy for the Knights and their favorite players setoff a passion for goodwill.
Birthday Blues (*UPDATED WITH ADORABLE BABY PICTURES*)
A former colleague and mother of three children under the age of 5 posted the following question on Facebook: “If you don’t invite the whole class to your child’s birthday party how do you...
Playing music with children
This pretty much sums up every time I try to play guitar while my children are around. My daughter is almost five and my son almost two, and their musical tastes tend to be...
Talking About The Talk
I admit, I was taken aback when I first heard about “The Talk”. I mean, I suppose I knew that this phenomenon probably existed in a plurality or maybe even a majority of cases…...
Skimming for the Dirty Parts – Book Censorship In Public Schools, The Enders Game Controversy, and The False Allure of Public Decency
While it is true that I stole both Brave New World and Flowers for Algernon from the public library, it should be noted for the record that I did eventually return them. Plus, it...
Some Underwhelming Reflections on “3/11”
Sunday was the one-year anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that killed 20,000 people, and I feel I kind of owe it to myself and others to share my thoughts. I haven’t really...
The War on Justin Bieber
As long as you can remember, you have been a music lover. Though your tastes have always been somewhat eclectic, you have always had a soft spot in your heart for independent singer-songwriters that...
Notes from a litigious society
I would like to congratulate Justice Paul Wooten of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan for his no-nonsense ruling that 4-year-old children should be open to lawsuits for biking recklessly. In the case of...
