Just a quick squirrel update. Last night, as Kristen, Henry, and a few neighbors were having a lovely dinner of hamburgers, hot dogs, corn-on-the-cob, and tater tots (oh, yes, tater tots), the brazen squirrel was harassing us. He crawled around the back steps for a while, not 10 feet from our table, and scurried up [...]
The street I grew up on in Bethlehem was very similar to the street we’re living on now. While Bethlehem was, obviously, much smaller than Chicago, they’re both old cities, with tree-lined streets and urban flora and fauna. In Bethlehem, the fauna included a bunch of rabbits (including several babies that my sister, Rachel, decided [...]
We had fun. Hope you did, too.
So, since this is tax season, my workdays are each a relentless breakneck race to 5pm. I muster up my last bit of energy at the end of the day to make Henry dinner and get him ready for bed and then I collapse in a puddle on our living room floor. And then have [...]
I have no entrepreneurial talent. My lone venture into doing something for myself business-wise was my failed comic book convention here in Chicago (which gave me no ends of gray hairs and sucked all of my savings down the drain). But if I ever do start up a business again, I know exactly what I’d [...]
The recent death of John Hughes, who (shudder) helped define my generation, got me thinking. No, not about my own mortality, people. I’m morbid, but not that morbid. (Not yet at least.) I was thinking about how what we’ve all seen as something great, something earth shattering, something timeless, quickly becomes not-so-great, dull, and dated [...]
(Another off-topic post. There are pictures of Henry interspersed, however, so you’ll at least be able to enjoy that.) There are people, like my mother, who seem to be magnets for those who want to tell their life story. She can be in an elevator and by the time the door opens on the 12th [...]
(I’m trying something new. This post has nothing to do with Henry, our life with Henry, funny noises coming out of Henry, or anything parent-y. So, if you’re not interested in my life at all — and who can blame you, really — stop reading here and come back Tuesday where there will be fun [...]
Henry is happiest when he's looking at or playing with or reading about cars and trucks and fire engines and bulldozers -- pretty much anything with wheels or that makes a loud, growly noise. This book has all that (and if you're a little nutty like me, you can add the sound effects).
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