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Friday, October 30, 2015

Are your kids equipped to handle it if they say "Trick or Treat!" and someone demands a trick?

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From the time they're very little, kids learn that all they have to do on Halloween in order to procure a delicious piece of candy is wa...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

I had forgotten how much fun it is to wrestle with your kids

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Years ago when my children were, well, a lot younger, we used to have evening wrestling matches in the living room. These were very elabo...
Monday, October 26, 2015

There is no stink like how-your-child-smells-after-a-game stink

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Back when I was a newspaper sports writer, I covered a lot of minor league hockey. This involved attending games and practices, interviewing...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Do you have a Chloe in your life?

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(NOTE: I wrote this weeks ago, as I usually do, and only now  –  minutes before it gets posted  –  do I realize that it may not paint the mo...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Is being where you're supposed to be when you're supposed to be there becoming a lost art?

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I'm not normally a "quote guy," by which I mean I don't collect and/or share interesting quotes like a lot of people do on...
Monday, October 19, 2015

But I have promises to keep...revisited

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NOTE: Here is this month's "Blog Rerun" entry, in which we resurrect a post from the past. This one originally ran on May 21, ...
Friday, October 16, 2015

You're supposed to drink water and I hate drinking water

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There's a rule of thumb that says you're supposed to drink 157 glasses of water a day or something, and I drink one. Seriously, I ...