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Dating. Why bother?
You’ve all heard plenty of my dating observations on the old bloggity over the years. Just wanted to share the view from the other side (of the country and the gender divide). Here’s a piece from a single dad in LA breaking down the dating scene there. [I was struck by how driving/parking plays such…
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Talking to myself at the end of a long day
And tonight I ask myself this: “Patricia, did we do a good job of modeling patience and understanding for our children tonight?” And I answer: “Uh, no. No we didn’t.” “Can we do better tomorrow?” “I’ll try. But … they’re so whiny. And they argue so much …” “Patricia …” “And they never stop needing…
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What new parents and single parents have in common (or) I was crazy but it wasn’t my fault
New parents get an average of 5.1 hours per sleep the first year, losing about the equivalent of 44 days of sleep. According to some very half-assed Internet research I just did, the average adult sleeps the equivalent of 121.6 days (meaning 24-hour periods) per year. So new parents get about 77.6 day-units of sleep.…
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My insurance company called my son fat
I can’t stand hearing people discuss healthcare reform in a theoretical way. I don’t think you can truly make a case one way or the other unless you have some skin in the game. If you have health insurance through your employer, it’s like you’re living in your parents’ basement — you might know something…
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Me, Full-Length: A remedial shopper gets a makeover (part one)
Confession time. Lean in real close, would you? I lack the shopping gene. I never know what’s in style or what’s on sale or where to buy anything. I walk through stores with the same wide-eyed wonder that a third grader might have on a field trip to the Museum of Natural History. “Wow ……
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A Gentile does Rosh Hashanah
I’m bogarting Rosh Hashanah this year. OK, maybe I’m not stealing the entire holiday … but I’m hacking a little piece off just for myself. Yesterday I saw my Jewish friends wishing each other a Happy New Year on Facebook. They wrote about eating honey and wishing for a sweet new year. And I…