I defy you to read this New York Times piece and not ask yourself why this woman wanted children in the first place. Be sure to read the original Craigslist post.
I understand we are biologically driven to procreate, but why do we have kids so other people can raise them? Is this some stubborn holdout [...]
Entries Tagged as 'The Mysteries of Everyday Life'
Family? What Family?
September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: The Decline of Western Culture · The Mysteries of Everyday Life
Last Will and Testament
August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
My latest Milspouse blog post is up.
I’ve known for a long time that I needed to have a will drawn up, but, as usual, I put it off. Beyond needing a lawyer, I had no idea what was involved, and, hey, lawyers are expensive, aren’t they? After Sean was born, though, I couldn’t keep putting [...]
Tags: The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · The Mysteries of Everyday Life · Writing · Year of Bliss
Getting Old
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Yesterday my doctor told me I had to ease up on my coffee intake. The conversation went something like this:
Doc: I bet you drink a lot of coffee.
Me: That depends on what you consider a lot.
Doc: How many cups would you say you drink in a day?
Me: Well, how big is a standard cup of [...]
Tags: The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · The Mysteries of Everyday Life
Books Are Awesome
July 13th, 2008 · No Comments
The Web Urbanist has a beautiful post about books as design elements. I especially like the color-coded library organization scheme. It reminds me a little of Rob’s autobiographically arranged record collection in the film High Fidelity. Maybe in the book, too; I don’t know; I haven’t read it.
It looks like I could easily kill an [...]
Tags: Books · The Mysteries of Everyday Life
Semicolons in Decline
July 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I guess I always knew the semicolon was an unpopular bit of punctuation. If you read enough, you can just sort of feel it. But I didn’t know the story of the semicolon was so entertaining:
The semicolon has spent the last century as a fussbudget mark. Somerset Maugham and George Orwell disdained it; Kurt Vonnegut [...]
Tags: The Mysteries of Everyday Life · Writing
12:01 AM
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments
I know Sean will be awake in about six hours, so why am I still awake?
Answer: Vanity. I’ll explain tomorrow, er, later today.
Tags: The Mysteries of Everyday Life
Publishing Marketing
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments
My friend John e-mailed me this link about ‘misery lit,’ a.k.a. ‘grief porn.’ While I’ve certainly been aware of it, mainly via supermarket and Target book sections that inevitably include copies of A Child Called ‘It’ and it’s sequels, this is the first I’ve seen about a specific genre or special bookstore section. Does Borders [...]
Tags: Books · Publishing · The Decline of Western Culture · The Mysteries of Everyday Life · Writing
We ate till we sweated heavy cream
June 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
That’s right, we went to the Newport Clam Chowder Cook-Off yesterday with some friends. It was 80° and clear. A beautiful day to eat copious amounts of hot fatty chowder.
There were, of course, interesting things to see (people, mainly).
The best part of going to any of these summer festivals is the people watching. But there [...]
Tags: The Mysteries of Everyday Life
Eating
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Sean and Danielle and I have entered a new phase of our relationship. About a week ago we started feeding him a little rice cereal in the afternoon. It was going well. It took a few days, but eventually he figured out that he was supposed to swallow the stuff we were spooning into his [...]
Tags: The Mysteries of Everyday Life
Who’s the Bigger Dork?
April 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Last month, when Danielle and I went car shopping for a “family tank,” we were watching a lot of Battlestar Galactica. So, when it came time to name the new ride, Danielle suggested the Raptor. (For anyone not familiar with the show, (a) Shame on you, and (b) here’s Wikipedia’s Raptor page.)
As if that weren’t [...]
Tags: Other · The Mysteries of Everyday Life