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Star Wars – A Father and Son Story

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Darth Vader - Father of the year

At its core the Star Wars story arc is essentially a simple tale about a father showing love for his son with about 21 hours of mystical powers, alien politics and 100 laser battles thrown in for good measure. There aren’t many cultural touchstones that a 40-year-old father and his six-year-old son can share,...
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How Google Discourages Good Content

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Google Hates Writers

Google employees regularly proclaim that the best way to get to the top of Google’s search results is to produce “good, unique content.”  Since there are a millions of writers and lots of good writing out there you would think that any search of Google would yield hundreds, if not thousands, of useful articles...
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The Tooth Fairy Teaches A Financial Lesson

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Missing Front Teeth

My son lost his first two baby teeth tonight in a dramatic but not traumatic way: the dentist pulled them. It was meant to be a regular dental check-up but it turned into a momentous event for my son. He’s one of the younger children in his first grade class and he’s been talking...
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The First Day of Kindergarten

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First Day of Kindergarten - School Bus

Today is my son’s first day of Kindergarten. Though he doesn’t know or understand it yet, today is the first day of at least thirteen years of formal education and savoring summers. It’s a rough cycle for a four-year-old to understand and it’s even more rough for a 39-year-old to have to explain. Instead...
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My Four-Year-Old Is Ready For College

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Children's Claritan

Pardon me for boasting a little bit here, but my four-year-old son Eddie is clearly ready for college. He has proven to his mother and me that he does not need the basic foundations of kindergarten, the monotony of grade school or the drama of high school. I think my pre-k son is just...
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Nobody Nose The Emergency Room Like My Son

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Son hurt his nose

“Mr. Coffee, there’s been an incident at school today…” said my son’s Pre-Kindergarten teacher on the phone while I was driving home from work. I was an English major so I pay attention to how things are said. In my mind the word “incident” should be reserved for boiler explosions, terrorist attacks and most...
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Thoughts About Birthdays On My 39th

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Thoughts on a 39th Birthday

Today is a Thursday and today I am 39 years old. I’ve never been one to put a lot of importance or significance on birthdays. I’m a husband, a daddy, a working stiff and a regular guy who has a regular job which means that when my birthday falls on a weekday I still...
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A Short Conversation With My 8-Month-Old Daughter

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Talking To A Baby

My 8-month old daughter is already turning out to be quite the talker. Tonight we had a our first real heart-to-heart conversation. “How was your day, Ellie?” “Ya ya ya ya yaaaaa! Ya ya ya yaaa yaaaa.” “Really? Then what happened?” I ask. “Dah.” “And?” “Doh doh doh doh. Yaaaaaaa. Doooooh,” she told me....
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Things You Should Never Say To Your Wife When She Tells You She’s Pregnant

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wife-pregnant

Yesterday Playground Dad put up an amusing post called 10 Things You Should Never Say To Your Wife When She’s Pregnant and asked if he’d forgotten any… I thought of a few more… You probably shouldn’t do this, either…  1. Again? 2. Well, that explains the moodiness…. 3. I guess shouldn’t have put off...
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