A week of milestones (and not much blogging)
I neglected this blog in a big way last week. Work was demanding, my kid was temperamental, and I was generally pretty tired. Everything that wasn’t vital went on the shelf for a minute, just so I could focus on the most important things. My wife was at the centre of two of those things. […]
Tags: blogging, my job, my kid, my wife
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Introducing Friend of a Friend Matchmaking
In the spirit of doing a courageous friend an overdue favour – or at the very least, talking about something else – I’m excited to finally be able to tell you that my good friend Sofi has launched a matchmaking service called Friend of a Friend. “Friend of a Friend is an affordable alternative to […]
Tags: dating, Friend of a Friend, my wife, Sofi Papamarko
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Now more than ever, patience is a virtue
My daughter has discovered tantrums. We’re doing our best to help her discover that they don’t work. It’s a long, loud process, but we’re slowly getting through it. There’s a precedent for this. For the first three months, she had colic. She was screaming day and night, and there was nothing we could do to […]
Tags: my kid, my wife, parenting, tantrums
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It’s time to start watching my sugary fudging language
My daughter can’t yet speak, beyond a few near-words, but it’s becoming clear that she understands a lot of what we’re saying. She responds to certain phrases, and she can answer familiar questions with a few hand gestures. It’s wonderful to see her smile whenever she gets her point across, and it makes me wonder […]
Tags: my kid, parenting, swearing
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Thank you for giving a despairing post a very uplifting response
Yesterday’s post about Tim Bosma and fatherhood got more visitors and traffic than anything else I’ve ever posted. Several hundred of you paid a visit, and a few of you were kind enough to share it. I really appreciate it. I mentioned how self-conscious I was about sharing these thoughts in the first place, and […]
Tags: blogging, my kid, my wife, parenting, Tim Bosma
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Tim Bosma and the most important, awful promise a father can make
I’m not the kind of guy who likes to play “it could have been me” with the headlines. It’s not that I think the people who do are selfish or callous; empathy is a tricky thing, and if that’s what it takes to put yourself in someone’s shoes, then I guess that’s okay. The story […]
Tags: my kid, my wife, parenting, Tim Bosma
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But seriously, happy Mother’s Day
My wife has had a pretty tough month. We’ve both had a busy time at work, and she’s been sick with a whole series of contagious diseases. But through it all, she’s put our daughter first. Because that’s just what you do. We’ve both been very lucky to have my mother-in-law with us for the […]
Tags: my kid, my wife
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Kevin McDonald will host the four hundredth “Sunday Night Live” (which will be Ian MacIntyre’s last show)
This weekend’s edition of “Sunday Night Live,” presented every week at Comedy Bar by the Sketchersons, will be hosted by Kevin McDonald of the Kids in the Hall. It’s the last in a series of “Kevin McDonald Weekend” shows happening at Comedy Bar from Friday onward, and it’s bound to be Toronto’s best bet for comedy […]
Tags: comedy, events, friends, the Sketchersons
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Day off (sort of)
My office is closed today, because my company just hosted its annual conference. Today was meant to be a day off after nine straight days of work. And in a way, eventually, it will be. My wife is still sick, so she’s taken the day off, too. My kid, who was running a temperature up […]
Tags: my job, my kid, my wife, personal news
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