Temperance Denied
In the grand scheme of parenting and childhood, a nine-year-old boy being given a PSP won’t make any headlines. Well, except this one.
His Uppance Will Come
Certainly there are some parents reading this who find themselves appalled. Revenge? On your child? Surely not.
Names
names have power: to control, contain, render safe. in his fear, my son names me ‘monster’, and takes my hand. ‘hi! you wanna play?’ i am disarmed.
Cutie McSmilemuch
Ever since he could lift his head, Ian has had a way with the ladies. He’s far from shy, and was flirting before he was crawling. Eyes wide, head tilted, corners of his mouth lifted slightly…women fall at his Keds. Last night, Ian got a taste of his own medicine.
Wherein I Join a Commune
Last month, I joined a collaborative blog (a clog?) called DadBloggers, which is (suprisingly) simply a collection of dads writing about their children and fatherhood. We’re certainly not the first, but I like this group of dads because we’re kid-centered and family-friendly. The site currently has sixteen contributing dads, and our editor hopes to have […]
Hindsight, Now in 3-D!
You have to understand that IMAX films, by the very nature of their medium, are designed to be overwhelming coma-inducing. They are not subtle. You don’t see many IMAX presentations of Bob Ross, for example. Audiences want, and expect, to be possessed by a film, regardless of almost certain and significant mental, visual, and auditory damage. Now multiply that by three dimensions.