Welcome to the Age of the Cocktail Police
Pouring a drink is legal, healthy and perfectly acceptable adult behavior. (So long as you’re not a Baptist.) And yet, my 6th and 8th grader are increasingly on my case whenever they catch me with a...
View ArticleCalling for a Permission Slip Revolution
My son texted me the other day because he had forgotten a permission slip and the teacher needed my approval to let him to watch a film. It wasn’tSaving Private Ryan or An Inconvenient Truth or even...
View ArticleSenior Center Chic: Tattoos?
According to Grandparents.com, 10% of grandparents have a tattoo. One can assume that not all of them are ex-Marines or Hell’s Angels. Tattoos have become mainstream, even for the Golden Girls set....
View ArticlePlacenta: It's What's for Dinner
If you’re pregnant there are a million different things to consider: names for your baby, a color scheme for the nursery, whether or not you will breastfeed exclusively, and increasingly—how to prepare...
View ArticleFool Me Once… Whatever
My kids love to play pranks on April Fool’s Day. They also enjoy trying to play me for a fool every other day of the year, but I don’t take their lies seriously, and I don’t think you should either. …...
View ArticleOld Men Can't Smell Poop
A new study has found that delaying fatherhood may provide health benefits to a man’s children and grandchildren. Researchers studied telomeres, the tiny biological caps that protect the ends of...
View ArticleBlacklisted for Free and My Huffington Post Debut!
It’s getting hot up in here! Especially with those boots on… Maybe it’s the old accountant in me, but I had expected the end of spring to signal the end of my “busy season.” I’m still busy, …...
View ArticleGot YOLO?
Today’s teens have discovered the axiom “you only live once,” aka YOLO, and are enthusiastically embracing it on Facebook, Twitter, and unfortunate tattoos. Also known as The Motto, YOLO should not be...
View ArticleSpiderman vs. Batman: Who'd Be the Better Dad?
The movies give us Spider-Man and Batman fighting crime and upholding justice. They keep our streets safe, but what kind of dads would these superheroes be? Considering the odd hours and questionable...
View ArticleOlympics May Be Over, But Moms Can Still Medal
We’ve watched the world’s best athletes. Sure, we are impressed at the physical prowess, but Olympians have nothing on the greatest athletes of all time — moms. The balancing act of our daily routines...
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