READING: MORE FUN THAN THE PARK?

I can't figure out if it's a great thing that my son is reading in the park, or really sad. Notice that on a bright summer day there are pretty much no kids hanging out. Could it be that they are home preparing for the coming school year? Or is it more likely that [...]

By |2023-07-08T15:52:05-04:00August 26th, 2009|AAD ON BOOKS, RANDOM|2 Comments

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

I know we are all busy. For some reason people in this country (at least those of us in the Northeast) think that every minute of every day should be filled with stuff. If we have a minute we start to wonder why we didn't book it, then to make sure that it's covered we [...]

By |2023-07-08T15:52:05-04:00August 13th, 2009|FUTURE, LIFE, RANDOM|4 Comments

COMPUTERS IN DAD’S DAY & DEV’S DAY

I remember when I was approximately Dev's age and computers were huge, often not in color and required floppy disks that were actually floppy. I can see clearly in my mind the old-school CRT monitors and the lousy pixilation with the constantly blinking DOS cursor. Clunky keyboards were common and I'm pretty sure there was [...]

HIGHER BUS FARES FOR THIS?

Today the boy and I went on a little outing to the bookstore. I was in the mood for some serious escapism in the form of classic Mr. King and Mr. Kellerman. Sometimes after reading a slave narrative or the life of Medgar Evers you just need something a lot less heavy. My son, a [...]

By |2023-07-08T15:52:04-04:00March 29th, 2009|POLITICS, RANDOM, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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