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What do you do when it’s +2 in the middle of February? You stage the EPIC BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE in your back yard. Here are the Spartans. They are few in number, but they are brave. This is the leader … Continue reading

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One more piece of sage advice from someone who’s been there

If there was only one piece of advice I could give to parents of newborns, it is this: Your baby does NOT hate to be swaddled. Your baby *may* hate being swaddled in the wrong way, or too loosely, but … Continue reading

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It’s Not Always This Cool

It’s pretty easy to pat yourself on the back and be a ‘good parent’ when your kids are sweet and funny or are hurt and needing you. But when they’re screaming at you about how much of a bastard you … Continue reading

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What they don’t tell you

When you get your license to reproduce, there is a manual that comes along in the post after your first positive pregnancy test/after you sign the first adoption papers, and that manual tells you everything you need to know about … Continue reading

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Sensitivity Training

Every year, hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent in elementary, middle, and high schools, for specialists to try to teach children to be better humans. School is more than just learning your multiplication tables and parts of speech (and … Continue reading

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Yet Another Thing

Okay, so I think the real problem here is that Yours Truly has been watching daytime television. This is a Bad Plan. Because you know what? I think I’m beginning to understand something. And that something is that most of … Continue reading

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Dear Dumkopfs:

So I get it. You just turned sixteen and you got a driver’s permit. Congratulations! And in Ontario, the provincial government just instituted a new law that states that anyone under age 22 caught driving with **any** alcohol in their … Continue reading

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And they shall call him

LINEBACKER (Actually, I’ve no idea what position he’ll play.) Normally, I don’t put photos of my chicklets on the intarweebs. Because I’m paranoid and whatnot. But SRSLY U GAIZ. SRSLY. Is this not the cutest football player you have ever … Continue reading

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Once it’s gone, it’s gone

The neighbour’s kid had a party last night. I feel I ought to point out that the neighbour’s kid is fourteen. Maybe fifteen. He has a sister the same age as The Captain. I think she had a sleepover last … Continue reading

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The strangest thing about my grandmother's house

Is that it looks absolutely nothing like it looked when The Captain and I were there earlier. For instance, there is no third floor with dormer windows. There is no Spare Oom off my grandmother’s bedroom. The house is, though, … Continue reading

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